[kepler-dev] Copying ptolemy classes instead of extending them

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Debi,
I'm just curious, but why are you copying Ptolemy classes instead of
extending them?
I saw Top.java get added a moment ago as well.

In general, copies of classes end up causing problems because
we end up with two classes with the same name, but different
functionality.  Also, the copies don't get bug fixes, though
some would say that having a frozen version of these base classes
is a good thing.


_Christopher

staggs at ecoinformatics.org wrote:
 > Author: staggs
 > Date: 2009-01-12 16:23:41 -0800 (Mon, 12 Jan 2009)
 > New Revision: 16313
 >
 > Added:
 >    trunk/reporting/src/ptolemy/
 >    trunk/reporting/src/ptolemy/vergil/basic/BasicGraphFrame.java
 > Removed:
 >    trunk/reporting/ptolemy/
 >    trunk/reporting/src/ptolemy/vergil/basic/BasicGraphFrame.java
 > Modified:
 >    trunk/reporting/src/org/kepler/reporting/gui/ItemsOfInterestPanel.java
 >    trunk/reporting/src/org/kepler/reporting/gui/ReportingGUI.java
 > Log:
 > Moved some classes into a different location