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Re: [mylyn-docs-dev] naming convention on "core" bundles
This proposal, if we do it, would break any code using WikiText APIs.  Integrators would have to correct their imports to match Java package naming.  In Eclipse this might be a simple matter of "organize imports".

David

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 12:59 AM Steffen Pingel <steffen.pingel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
+1 The names are shorter and the core suffix is redundant and potentially confusing.

Jeremie, I would expect each of those bundles to contain a package under the namespace that matches the bundle name, e.g. 

org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.asciidoc
|
+-- src/main/java/org/eclipse/mylyn/wikitext/[internal/]asciidoc

As long as the bundle namespaces are unique there shouldn't be any conflicts.

Steffen


On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Jeremie Bresson <dev@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

What is your idea? Let the "core" artifacts in a core folder but remove the suffix from there name?

\---wikitext
    |
    +---core
    |   +---org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.asciidoc
    |   +---org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.commonmark
    |   +---org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext
    |   \---....
    |
    \---ui
        +---org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.asciidoc.ui
        +---org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.commonmark.ui
        \---....

Or have you an other proposition for "core" folder.

Have you checked if this idea works with the Java 9 constraint on package names?
Someday I guess that our bundles will become Java 9 modules. Each package name needs to be unique across the modules.


Le 01.02.2017 01:19, David Green a écrit :

All,

We currently have a naming convention with a "core" suffix on all bundles and Maven artifacts that are not UI contributions to Eclipse.  For example:
 
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.core
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.ui
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.textile.core
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.textile.ui
 
This sticks out as like a sore thumb when looking at dependencies and other artifacts in a regular Maven build.
 
With the recent build changes, we've changed the major version number of WikiText from 2.x to 3.x.  This gives us a rare opportunity to make other breaking changes, such as renaming bundles.
 
I'd like to propose a naming change where we drop the "core" suffix, for example:
 
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.ui
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.textile
org.eclipse.mylyn.wikitext.textile.ui
 
As part of this bundle renaming, we should also consider renaming java packages in those core bundles to drop the "core" suffix as well.
 
While the ".core" suffix naming naming convention could be seen as a cosmetic change, and therefore with little benefit or reason to change, I see it as being a potential source of confusion for consumers.  From a consumer perspective, what does "core" mean anyways, unless you're familiar with the convention?
 
What do you think?  
 
David
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