Re: The storage interface cleanup - incredible

[Michael Hoennig "(mi)" <mi sun com>]

Hi Maciej,

> > Anyway, the advantage is better interface reusability. We can reach
> > this if we split the interface (like sun suggested) and combine the parts
> > using multiple inheritance (which is supported by CORBA).
> > This change will not break anything.

> (Technical point, not a comment on the merits of Dietmar's changes)

> Splitting and combining using multiple inheritance will not in fact
> result in something that is binary and source compatible for all
> languages, unless I massively misunderstand how CORBA mappings for
> various languages work. It will definitely not be compatible on the
> server side.

You're right, the process of splitting is of cause not compatible, though 
easy to migrate. But the split interfaces are better for reuse than a 
single interface for read, write and seek. 

	Michael