Kulla: API naming question JLS vs JVM class

[Rémi Forax]

TYPE is ok for me.

Rémi 

Le 21 juin 2015 04:19:15 CEST, Robert Field <robert.field at oracle.com> a écrit :
>Keys for what is called a "class" in the JVM (that is a class, enum, 
>interface, or annotation interface in JLS speak) have Key.Kind.CLASS
>and 
>are instances of Key.ClassKey.
>
>This is awkward both in terms of documenting them (I'm referencing the 
>JLS) and because the SubKind values are JLS-speak:
>
>     CLASS_SUBKIND(Key.Kind.CLASS),
>     INTERFACE_SUBKIND(Key.Kind.CLASS),
>     ENUM_SUBKIND(Key.Kind.CLASS),
>     ANNOTATION_TYPE_SUBKIND(Key.Kind.CLASS),
>
>Looking at the JLS the syntax production is TypeDeclaration.  So, I 
>think the Key.Kind should be changed to TYPE.
>
>It could be changed to TYPE_DECLARATION but then we would want to also 
>change VARIABLE and METHOD to
>
>    VARIABLE_DECLARATION
>    METHOD_DECLARATION
>
>Which would make use pretty verbose.  Could be abbreviated, but the API
>
>currently mostly shies away from abbreviations.
>
>So, the choices are:
>
>(1)   TYPE   TypeKey
>
>(2)   TYPE_DECLARATION   TypeDeclarationKey
>
>(3)    TYPE_DECL   TypeDeclKey
>
>(4)    CLASS   ClassKey
>
>What do you all think?
>
>Thanks,
>Robert