[gmpi] Re: low level API - Abstract Factory summary
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:22:59 -0800
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:28:35PM -0500, Ron Kuper wrote:
> Is the argument here is whether we want names that can also uniquely
> identify, or whether we want to separate the identity from the name? I
> would like to separate the two. (Like a customer record in a database,
> you wouldn't use the name + address + DOB as a unique ID, you'd create a
> unique ID.)
>
> If every plugin has a unique identifier, doesn't that make it easier to
> create a central database of all plugins in the world? We could keep
> the meta-data there, so all you ever need to know is the GUID and the
> location of the database.
My main objection with GUIDs is that you can't guarantee that a GUID is
going to be unique any more than I can guarantee a URI will be unique.
Give two equally able choices, I'd rather see the one that has some
semantic meaning built into it - URI.
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