Comments on: Putting the Com Dot in “com.business” http://jessewarden.com/2005/03/putting-the-com-dot-in-combusiness.html A blog on software development, technology, games & movies. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brajeshwar http://jessewarden.com/2005/03/putting-the-com-dot-in-combusiness.html/comment-page-1#comment-2385 Brajeshwar Tue, 08 Mar 2005 13:36:28 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=745#comment-2385 I wrote something about that when somebody from the community asked me the reason. <a href="http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2005/02/class_naming_co.php" rel="nofollow">Class naming convention, Reverse domain</a> I wrote something about that when somebody from the community asked me the reason.

Class naming convention, Reverse domain

]]> By: JesterXL http://jessewarden.com/2005/03/putting-the-com-dot-in-combusiness.html/comment-page-1#comment-2384 JesterXL Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:37:10 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=745#comment-2384 At first, it was our company name: 'roundboxmedia.controls' Just like: 'mx.controls' But, after discussion I see the point; I also see, after your explanation, how a domain name adds 1 extra layer of uniqueness. At first, it was our company name:

’roundboxmedia.controls’

Just like:

‘mx.controls’

But, after discussion I see the point; I also see, after your explanation, how a domain name adds 1 extra layer of uniqueness.

]]> By: Guy Watson http://jessewarden.com/2005/03/putting-the-com-dot-in-combusiness.html/comment-page-1#comment-2383 Guy Watson Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:31:51 +0000 http://jessewarden.com/?p=745#comment-2383 Not sure if im stating the obvious or not, but i personally use the domain name of my website in package names to ensure that the package name and thus the 'namespace' that my classes are executed in are unique and i can therefore safely assume that the code will run without any conflicts with other code in the movie, which 'may' be written by other people either in my team, or an open-source library from the web. 'Why a domain name?' A domain name not only adds indentity to code if you share it open-source, it also guarantees that the package name is unique, as only one person can own a domain name at any given time. Granted, somebody else could use your domain name as their package name, but a person would only do that if they were purposely trying to cause conflicts with your code. I believe it was Sun that originally asked people to use their reverse domain name as the namespace for their code when writing Java applets, to solve this problem and i guess it just became a standard from there. I see no reason, why i shouldn't use a domain name, so ive never questioned it, can you think of something better that solves the same problem? Random characters maybe? nahhh... Not sure if im stating the obvious or not, but i personally use the domain name of my website in package names to ensure that the package name and thus the ‘namespace’ that my classes are executed in are unique and i can therefore safely assume that the code will run without any conflicts with other code in the movie, which ‘may’ be written by other people either in my team, or an open-source library from the web.

‘Why a domain name?’ A domain name not only adds indentity to code if you share it open-source, it also guarantees that the package name is unique, as only one person can own a domain name at any given time. Granted, somebody else could use your domain name as their package name, but a person would only do that if they were purposely trying to cause conflicts with your code.

I believe it was Sun that originally asked people to use their reverse domain name as the namespace for their code when writing Java applets, to solve this problem and i guess it just became a standard from there.

I see no reason, why i shouldn’t use a domain name, so ive never questioned it, can you think of something better that solves the same problem? Random characters maybe? nahhh…

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