[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Rename Application Manager's SuperClass/SuperDocument tool

[Sergiu Dumitriu]

Thomas Mortagne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I made a tool to easily manage wiki class and wiki class's objets 
> bundled in application manager some times ago. Problem is theses tools 
> changed since it's creation and new has very wrong names and I would 
> like to rename it.
> 
> There is two java classes :
> 
> - SuperClass : manage wiki class with it's attached 
> document/sheet/template (assume the wiki class exist in the wiki we 
> working on) and give methods to search, etc. in documents containing 
> objects of this class
> - SuperDocument : the default implementation overload Document and 
> manage one object of a particular wiki class in its document (to be able 
> to save or delete it), this class is generally overloaded to add some 
> acces methods like getDocuments() in Application java class.
> 
> These tools are also usable from Velocity.
> 
> For some examples you can view Application Manager plugin (Application 
> and ApplicationClass classes) and Wiki Manager plugin (XWikiServer and 
> XWikiServerClass classes).
> 
> I propose :
> - SuperClass -> ClassManager
> - SuperDocument -> ObjectDocument (or ObjectManager but i don't like it 
> because it does not imply object in a document)
> 

+1 for ClassManager and ObjectDocument, but changing public class names 
is not a good idea, especially after a major release.

To make a clearer distinction betwee XWiki concepts and Java classes, 
how about XClassManager and XObjectDocument?

Sergiu