There is no good short name, unless you want to go with something like getAddressCountL(), yikes.
For the 'normal' version 'AsType' is used somettimes: getAddressCountAsLong(). Or we could add a name that reflects the now corrected semantics, like getFullAddressCount(). Gary On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 2:09 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was a problem [1] with the getAddressCount() method - it > returned an int, however the count of addresses could be larger than > Integer.MAX_VALUE. > To preserve binary compat, I added a new method > > long getAddressCountLong() > > However, I'm not entirely happy with the new name; it seems a bit long > and untidy. > > Any suggestions for a new shorter name? > > The method [original code: 2] returns the count of availalable > addresses for a given netmask. > [Optionally including the network and broadcast addresses] > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-521 > [2] > http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/xref/org/apache/commons/net/util/SubnetUtils.html#162 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
