On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote:
> Le 26/03/2013 15:05, Gary Gregory a écrit : > > > So I have two questions: > > > > Should the CSVFormat be made public? Would that make Emmanuel happy? I am > > guessing not due to the 9 params. > > > > If the ctor is made public, should we add a bunch of ctors for simpler or > > all cases? > > Well guessed. The whole point of the fluent API was to avoid the > proliferation of constructors, or the use of a huge constructor with > many parameters that are often impossible to remember properly. > Right, so here we are now with the fluent builder API. You've expressed discontent. So now what can we do? How do you think the API can be made better? Would you prefer to see many ctors on CVSFormat in addition to the fluent API so you can choose one style over the other depending on circumstance? Or would you never use the fluent API? I wonder if there is room for both styles or if this is a case of 'you can't make all of the people happy all of the time...' For me a builder API is OK, but I am not a fan of the fluent API in Java, in Smalltalk, sure that was great (I won't digress ;) But I can live with it. Gary > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
