RE: Multi tier name ideas?

From: Watkins, Garry (gwatkin..otleyrice.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 09:34:12 EST

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    So I guess the question is "Are you down with OPP?" ;)

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Andrus Adamchik [mailto:andru..bjectstyle.org]
    Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:23 AM
    To: Cayenne Devel
    Subject: Multi tier name ideas?

    Hi folks,

    I've been looking for a better name to describe the multi-tier
    technology that is being developed now. I am not entirely satisfied with
    either of the names that were used in the course of the
    development:

    * Apple calls a similar feature "Java Client" which was always confusing
    to me (besides Cayenne doesn't deal with UI widgets at all).
    * "Distributed Cayenne" invokes an incorrect clustering association.
    * "Three-tier" overlooked seemingly the most common web service use
    pattern in the enterprise - unorganized ad hoc web services wrapping
    legacy code. So it is entirely possible to have two server applications,
    with one acting as a client of another.
    * This is where "Multi-tier" came from. I think it is still confusing
    though - it is not clear to an uninitiated person what those tiers are,
    and will require a lengthy explanation ... over and over again.

    Should we just call it OPP ("Object Persistence Protocol") after the
    namesake Java package that defines communication interfaces to build the
    hierarchy of ObjectContexts? It is not as catchy, but at least it
    doesn't create wrong associations.

    Any better ideas?

    Andrus

      

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