Well, if you're going to a 2.x, then I say break it and do it the right way. Consider that my +1.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: > I totally agree with you James, what is needed is just to understand > if break the 1.X compatibility or not... > I think that the discussion worths a vote call at that point, WDYT? > Many thanks in advance, have a nice day! > Simo > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com> > wrote: >> I agree with Paul here. Extending Map (or any other class for that >> matter) when what you really want to do is encapsulate it is silly. >> Is the Context really meant to be used in any place where a Map can be >> used? I would think not. >> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: >>> I want to get rid of it extending map. Have it define as asMap() >>> function instead. Especially since JDK 8 is bringing in extension >>> methods, which adds new (and default) methods to all collections, it >>> won't look very nice. Let's make a break now. >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Raman Gupta <rocketra...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >>>> On 09/04/2011 04:00 PM, James Carman wrote: >>>>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> That is able to 'auto-cast' the retrieved object while Map#get() not. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I believe the feature is actually called "type inference", not >>>>> "auto-cast." :) >>>> >>>> Thanks for the explanation... I see now that via the generic method >>>> the compiler infers the return type from the assignment type. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Raman >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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
