That's probably fine. However, consider that some folks are using third-party libraries that no longer have active developers so they won't always be able to fix it. Still, I will be surprised if we break anybody.
-Alex On 5/27/14 9:32 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >Okay. I’m going to just implement it in ISelectionManager. On the odd >chance that I do break someone’s implementation, it should be a >relatively easy job to add some blank functions to honor the interface >promise (assuming they don’t need the table support). > >On May 27, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> If someone has their own implementation of an interface, adding an API >>to >> an interface can break them. The verifier will see that not all methods >> are implemented. >> >> It is a trade-off. You can create an ISelectionManager2 or >> ITableSelectionManager to be completely safe, but the odds you will >>break >> someone is probably very low. >> >> -Alex >> >> On 5/27/14 3:47 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >> >>> Adding to an API shouldn't be a problem, as long as the new >>> methods/properties don't change anything about the existing >>> implementation... >>> >>> EdB >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I¹m working on cell selection of TLF tables. >>>> >>>> Cell selections does not fit into the normal index based selection >>>> concept >>>> of text. To support cell selection, I need coordinate-based selection >>>> (to >>>> support rectangular selections within a table). >>>> >>>> Basically, I want to add some table-specific functions to >>>> ISelectionManager and SelectionManager. My question is whether this >>>> might >>>> cause problems for users who might have implemented ISelectionManager >>>> and >>>> whether I should be concerned about that and/or what there is to do >>>> about >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> Harbs >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ix Multimedia Software >>> >>> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >>> 3521 VB Utrecht >>> >>> T. 06-51952295 >>> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >> >
