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Re: DNS JNDI provider

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
Cc: Andrew Haley <aph at cambridge dot redhat dot com>, Pete Chown <Pete dot Chown at skygate dot co dot uk>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 15 Feb 2002 12:27:03 -0700
Subject: Re: DNS JNDI provider
References: <1013776682.18591.98.camel@hyena.skygate.co.uk> <15469.5189.882850.809494@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com> <87y9hu3jx3.fsf@tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Nic" == Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk> writes:

Andrew> Perhaps all we should do is produce a special error message
Andrew> from the compiler.

Nic> Nah. We have the same problem with javamail.

Nic> You just have to break compatability. If programmers are sensible
Nic> they will always pick strings names for implementation classes from
Nic> some property file.

Another choice would be to find the code that loads the provider, and
change it:

    if (provider.equals ("com.sun.whatever"))
       provider = "gnu.whatever";

This could be more confusing than worthwhile though.

Tom

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