Sure I understand this. But I have need to generate hundreds of methods in single class. In clojure it is just few lines. Basically I use clojure in this case as an interface to asm lib. Also I was thinking about using the varargs not only in gen-class but in feify as well, which generates implementations of interfaces at runtime. Shim wouldn't help here.
-- Lambder On Friday, 16 August 2013 14:25:56 UTC+1, sw1nn wrote: > > > On 16 August 2013 12:59, Daniel Kwiecinski <daniel.k...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> This is a great patch. Have you submitted it in clojure jira? >> > > I haven't submitted it. > > I've come to the conclusion that generating complex classes using > (:gen-class) is a waste of time. Presumably the primary use case for > generating complex java classes is for it to serve as some sort of API > endpoint to your system that hides the clojure behind the curtain. > > But for the java class to be useful as an api to your system, you want > javadocs and an actual file that developers can open in the IDE of their > choice. > > For background, Rich Hickey gave an impromptu talk about this at the > Clojure eXchange in london last year[1]. Essentially his advice was to > write a java shim that calls the clojure instead of getting into > contortions to do this with :gen-class. This is how it's done in datomic. > > It's pretty straightforward to write such a shim. Having said that there > are now libraries that make calling clojure from java easier. e.g. Look at > @mikera's clojure-utils lib[2]. > > [1] > http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/scala/impromptu-rich-hickey-lightning-talk > [2] > https://github.com/mikera/clojure-utils/blob/master/src/main/java/mikera/cljutils/Clojure.java > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
