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...class. This type of behavior is great for *internal* code. But for published interfaces, it''s the exact opposite of what you want. Let''s say I have a calendar web app, and expose a web service - via ActiveResource - for you to hook in your local GUI app (or command line app, or complenetary web app, or whatever you use ActiveResource for): How would you feel if your GUI app broke every time I refactored? How would I feel if I couldn''t refactor because doing so will break all those GUIs? Thought so. A web service interface needs to be stable, hiding the implementation and a...