creating module ids

[Brian Pontarelli]

On Nov 10, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:

> Mark Reinhold wrote:
>>> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:06:54 -0800
>>> From: jonathan.gibbons at sun.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Is there a way to create a module id from a pair of strings,  
>>> representing the
>>> name and version, or do I have to join them together so that
>>> ModuleSystem.parseModuleId can break them apart again?
>>>
>>
>> I've been meaning to add a
>>
>>    ModuleSystem.parseModuleId(String name, String version)
>>
>> method for a while now.  I'll push a changeset in a moment.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
> Is there any reason not to make the constructors accessible -- e.g.  
> ModuleId(String name, Version version) ?
> Having to go through parse methods all the time to create objects  
> is, well, tedious.
>

Constructors bad. Factories better.

-bp