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		<title>JaroslavTulach at 16:41, 25 May 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Among others, [[Do_Not_Expose_More_Than_You_Want|this chapter]] introduces a [[Java]] [[APIDesignPatterns|API Design Pattern]] to join two packages into [[APIDesignPatterns:FriendPackages|friend relationship]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Among others, [[Do_Not_Expose_More_Than_You_Want|this chapter]] introduces a [[Java]] [[APIDesignPatterns|API Design Pattern]] to join two packages into [[APIDesignPatterns:FriendPackages|friend relationship]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;=== [[Privileged API]] ===&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;One way to do not expose everything to everyone is to designed [[Privileged API|API]] that can be used only by [[Privileged API]] clients.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>JaroslavTulach</name></author>	</entry>

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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Friend Packages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Friend Packages ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=== Friend Packages ===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Among others, this chapter introduces a [[Java]] [[APIDesignPatterns|API Design Pattern]] to join two packages into [[APIDesignPatterns:FriendPackages|friend relationship]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Among others, &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Do_Not_Expose_More_Than_You_Want|&lt;/ins&gt;this chapter&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;introduces a [[Java]] [[APIDesignPatterns|API Design Pattern]] to join two packages into [[APIDesignPatterns:FriendPackages|friend relationship]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>JaroslavTulach: /* Have You Ever Wondered...? */</title>
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				<updated>2008-10-29T09:41:36Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Have You Ever Wondered...?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you want to know some simple trick that will help you design better APIs? The [[Do Not Expose More Than You Want|chapter 5]] gives you one. It is very elementary, but very powerful. It also shows that the object oriented languages of today are not really optimized for API development and that there are many gotchas one needs to be aware of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you want to know some simple trick that will help you design better APIs? The [[Do Not Expose More Than You Want|chapter 5]] gives you one. It is very elementary, but very powerful. It also shows that the object oriented languages of today are not really optimized for API development and that there are many gotchas one needs to be aware of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>JaroslavTulach: /* Have You Ever Wondered...? */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Have You Ever Wondered...?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you want to know some simple trick that will help you design better APIs? &lt;del style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;This &lt;/del&gt;chapter gives you one. It is very elementary, but very powerful. It also shows that the object oriented languages of today are not really optimized for API development and that there are many gotchas one needs to be aware of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you want to know some simple trick that will help you design better APIs? &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The [[Do Not Expose More Than You Want|&lt;/ins&gt;chapter &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;5]] &lt;/ins&gt;gives you one. It is very elementary, but very powerful. It also shows that the object oriented languages of today are not really optimized for API development and that there are many gotchas one needs to be aware of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>JaroslavTulach at 20:12, 2 August 2008</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Do you want to know some simple trick that will help you &lt;/ins&gt;design &lt;ins style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;better APIs? This chapter gives you one. It is very elementary, but very powerful. It also shows that the object oriented languages of today are not really optimized for API development and that there are many gotchas one needs to be aware of&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Apidesign: New page: Repeating basic advices present in every design book.</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page: Repeating basic advices present in every design book.&lt;/p&gt;
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