Minor nit: String sequenceToString(CharSequence cs)
should be: String toString(CharSequence cs) because the we do not need to add the method arg type to the method name. If we did, we should use: String charSequenceToString(CharSequence cs) which I do not like. Gary On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 4) Stephen urged that we revisit StringUtils to see what else can move > > to CharSequence. > > > > 5) Stephen recommended that CharSequenceUtils move into StringUtils. > > This seems fair, CharSequenceUtils is never going to get a lot of > > methods unless we move half of StringUtils out and make it feel very > > odd. [DONE]. > > So having done #5, and working on #4, I'm starting to come up with a > bunch of methods that might make sense on CharSequenceUtils. > > Basically it's a set of methods on java.lang.String that are being > implemented to support CharSequence. The first step is to check if the > CharSequence is a String; if so then optimize and use the > java.lang.String code. Otherwise use a basic implementation built on > top of the CharSequence API. They're currently living at the end of > the StringUtils class, but I'm leaning towards making them their own > class. CharSequenceUtils, or is there a better name? > > I'd also appreciate feedback on the current changes in case it's felt > I'm reaching too much to support CharSequence as an API; I'm 20 of 76 > unique method names along :) > > Hen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- Thank you, Gary http://garygregory.wordpress.com/ http://garygregory.com/ http://people.apache.org/~ggregory/ http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
