[Laszlo-dev] naming issue: LzDatasource

[André Bargull]

LzDatasource has been removed some time ago from the LFC, it was 
replaced by the DataProvider/DataRequest API.


> It doesn't sound like a public API. If everyone agrees with that...
>
> 1. Remove the mention of LzDatasource Chapter 37 from the dguide
>
> 2. Make it accessible via lz.Datasource for consistency's case, in  
> case someone is using it, and makes the required substitutions from  
> LzXxxx to lz.Xxxx or lz.xxxx. That's operating under the assumption  
> that it is not represented as a tag. Is it? If it's a tag, then it's  
> lz.datasource.
>
>
> - D.
>
>
>
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Lou Iorio wrote:
>
> >/ We have a naming issue since we have this goal for 4.2:
> />/
> />/ "There should be no remaining use of "LzFooBar" etc in any  
> />/ documentation or code except for the document that
> />/ describes how to update old code to work with 4.2."
> />/
> />/ LzDatasource is in the dguide, but not in the reference.  
> />/ LzDatasource could be for internal use, and should not
> />/ be in the dguide, or it could be an edge case.
> />/
> />/ For example, in the Chapter 37. Data Access and Binding, section  
> />/ 3.9. Datasources:
> />/ http://labs.openlaszlo.org/trunk-nightly/docs/developers/databinding.html#d0e93148
> />/
> />/ We have this:
> />/
> />/ "Underlying each dataset that communicates over HTTP is an  
> />/ LzDatasource object. This object
> />/ abstracts all protocol specific communication. In general, you do  
> />/ not need to use the datasource
> />/ object yourself, except for very rare situations."
> />/
> />/ How should we handle this?
> />/
> />/ Lou
> /


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