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Elliotte Harold - java FAQ writes: > How committed are you to using integer constants? I know this is common, > but it tends to lend itself to bad code. Some people prefer a solution > like this: > > public class AttributStatus { > > public final static AttributeStatus ATTRIBUTE_DEFAULTED = > new AttributeStatus(); > public final static AttributeStatus ATTRIBUTE_IMPLIED = > new AttributeStatus(); > public final static AttributeStatus ATTRIBUTE_FIXED = > new AttributeStatus(); > public final static AttributeStatus ATTRIBUTE_REQUIRED = > new AttributeStatus(); > > private AttributeStatus() {} > > } Yes, I do this all the time in my own Java code (the lack of enum in Java is a serious design flaw, as I've been arguing for a few years now), but I'm strongly committed to keeping SAX as small and simple as possible. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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