2013/3/25 Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de>

> Gary Gregory wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Thomas Neidhart
> > <thomas.neidh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> On 03/23/2013 12:41 PM, Benedikt Ritter wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > while looking through the code, I was asking myself why we expose
> >> > implementation classes. Wouldn't it be better to extract interfaces
> >> > from CSVParser, CSVPrinter and CSVRecord? At least for the CSVRecord
> it
> >> > would make sense because users cannot create CSVRecord instances. Why
> >> > binding them to a concrete implementation?
> >> > Since CSVParser und CSVPrinter can only be created using the default
> >> ctor,
> >> > users would have to write something like (and though still defining a
> >> > dependency to the concrete implemenation):
> >> >
> >> > CSVPrinter printer = new DefaultCSVPrinter(in, format);
> >> >
> >> > It would even make sense to extract an Interface for Lexer and
> CSVLexer
> >> > although it is only used internally. Having an abstract class (Lexer)
> >> that
> >> > defines a abstract method, that is not used in one of the other
> >> > methods, but just defines an interface feels strange. And if we decide
> >> > to expose
> >> the
> >> > lexer, so that users can plugin their own lexer implementations (for
> >> > what ever reason...) we would be set up for this.
> >>
> >> I think it is important to make things not more complicated than
> >> necessary. If there will be only one implementation of this interface
> >> you do not gain anything by splitting it up.
> >>
> >
> > I agree with Thomas. Let's not create a JDBC for CSV unless one is
> needed.
> >
> > For 1.0, I want to something that works and is simple to use.
>
> +1
>

Okay, understood. This proposal has been rejected ;-)


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