SynBioDex-archive / libSBOLj

deprecated libSBOL Java library
http://SynBioDex.github.com/libSBOLj
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change SBOLservice as it is not an intuitive name #18

Closed mgaldzic closed 13 years ago

mgaldzic commented 13 years ago

SomethingService implies (at least to me) some asynchronous operation with a third party server (usually over the internet). Servers provide Service. Perhaps that's just me.

I adopted the term from a JPA example, http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/JPA/UpdateAnEntity.htm see ProfessorService In their case they pass the EntityManager to the Service. The "service" term comes from offering the transaction methods it performs in managing the store or other persistence object. So the other options would be SbolManager, SbolEntityManager, or LibraryEntityManager.

The Sbol prefix is generic, however our outer container is a Library. There can be no Thing outside of a Library. So LibraryService may work, too.

For me the decision lies in what will be a little easier for a new user to expect from a name of a class.