Re: gnu.xml.dom.DomText implements Text and NodeList.

[Pedro Izecksohn]

Em Ter 10 Jan 2006 04:50, Chris Burdess escreveu:

>I would prefer:

>final class EmptyNodeList implements NodeList
>{
>       static final EmptyNodeList instance = new EmptyNodeList();
>       public final int getLength() {return 0;}
>       public final Node item(int index) {return null;}
>}

>That way:
>1. you avoid the unnecessary overhead of a method call (getInstance).

OK.

>2. that which has no need to be public is not public.

Now I understood: If some user application uses gnu.xml.dom.EmptyNodeList, it 
loses portability, so it should not be public.

And as it was verified that only DomCharacterData needs to be modified, it 
could even be a static inner class, as proposed by Mark Wielaard.