Sorry Thomas!!! I intended to have a look at this but then we started a lot of discussions here. I just forgot it. I'll try to have a look!
Benedikt 2013/10/10 Thomas Vandahl <t...@apache.org> > On 03.10.13 13:30, Thomas Vandahl wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'd like to ask for suggestions for a problem solution regarding the > > typesafe handling of cache keys in JCS. > > > > Previously, JCS was not aware of key and value types. So it was possible > > to mix cache elements having different key types within the same cache > > instance. This "feature" was abused to implement the cache groups, so > > that keys of e.g. type String were combined with keys of type > GroupAttrName. > > > > The current implementation implements this functionality by hacking > > around the generics type definitions (in all cache implementations) > > which is definitely not desirable. It also may cause ClassCastExceptions. > > > > As I see it, it would be better to use some kind of decorator pattern > > for the GroupCacheAccess functions that wraps around a regular > > CacheAccess object. This would mean type-safety at the cost of major API > > changes. Also it would have the advantage that the cache implementations > > do not have to know about cache groups at all. > > > > Are there better solutions? Other ideas how to resolve this? > > Your thoughts are very much appreciated. > > No ideas? Really? Please help, I need a second opinion. > > Bye, Thomas. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
