Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.chainon-marquant.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!198.186.194.247.MISMATCH!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: naming convention Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:53:49 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 26 Message-ID: <24535832.204.1319075629822.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfk19> References: Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.218.107.62 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1319075754 13792 127.0.0.1 (20 Oct 2011 01:55:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:55:54 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.218.107.62; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9014 On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:09:24 PM UTC-7, markspace wrote: > On 10/19/2011 3:19 PM, Roedy Green wrote: > > > There are basically two types: read only and read-modify. > > > > It should be a design pattern. > > > I can't think of any design patterns for "read a bunch a files." > However, what you're doing, with some additions or modifications, sounds > suspiciously similar to map-reduce. You might want to take a look at > that to see if your use model could be adapted to fit the map reduce > pattern. > > It's not officially a design pattern, but it comes up often enough where > I think perhaps it should be, at least for some specialized forms of > processing data. > > What makes something "officially" a design pattern? Is there a Design Pattern Agency that issues official a DPA Seal of Approval? If it's a pattern, and it is at the design level, isn't it perforce a design pattern, "officially" or not notwithstanding? -- Lew