Re: [Schema refactoring] Should we rename XXXDescription to xxxSpecification ?

[Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <pa...@marcelot.net>]

Hi Emmanuel,
As the RFC4512 uses the terms 'AttributeTypeDescription',
'ObjectClassDescription', etc.

I think it'd be better to stick the RFC's naming conventions.

My 2 cents,
P-A

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> we have two classes of object for each SchemaObject :
> - AttributeType and AttributeTypeDescription
> ...
> - Normalizer and NormalizerDescription
>
> The second class is used to hold the OpenLDAP/RFC description for the
> manipulated SchemaObject. For the AttributeType, the description looks like
> :
>
> ( 2.5.4.9 NAME ( 'street' 'streetAddress' )
>   DESC 'RFC2256: street address of this object'
>   EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
>   SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
>   SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15{128} )
>
> but for the AttributeType, the description field contains the DESC value :
>  'RFC2256: street address of this object'
>
> I suggest that the second class is  renamed AttributeTypeSpecification.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
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> cordialement, regards,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
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