Couldn't find better words, big +1 to your words James! All the best, Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:30 PM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com> wrote: > To be clear, I am also in favor of this approach. I don't think we > need to patronize our users by trying to hold their hands. A > ClassCastException would be a pretty obvious indicator as to what is > going wrong with something like this. > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Obviously I've suggested this "auto-cast" or >> whatever-you'd-like-to-call-it trick elsewhere, and am in favor of its >> use. >> >> Matt >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:39 AM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com> >> wrote: >>> Yeah, I tried that sort of setup with the ArrayUtils.toMap() method >>> and it was shot down >>> (http://apache-commons.680414.n4.nabble.com/Re-svn-commit-r983137-commons-proper-lang-trunk-src-main-java-org-apache-commons-lang3-ArrayUtils-jaa-td2317854.html). >>> Good luck with that. It wasn't worth my time to continue to argue >>> about it anymore, so I reverted it. >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi all guys, >>>> I think that generics could help us on improving the Context class; >>>> I'm not particularly happy having it extending Map - it is needed >>>> anyway for backward compatibility - but it is clear that Context is a >>>> place where storing/retrieving objects identified by a key. >>>> I propose adding two helper methods >>>> >>>> /** @since 2.0 */ >>>> <T> T retrieve( String key ); >>>> >>>> /** @since 2.0 */ >>>> <T> void store( String key, T object ); >>>> >>>> that would help users avoid the redundant code of type cast/checking >>>> when assignments are already known (it throws a ClassCastException if >>>> types are not assignable). >>>> At the same time, old pattern is supported, users can choose their >>>> preferred way to go, depending on their needs. >>>> WDYT? >>>> Many thanks in advance, all the best! >>>> Simo >>>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
