On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote:
> > > Am 18.07.2017 um 20:39 schrieb Gary Gregory: > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> On Jul 18, 2017, at 4:43 AM, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schaible@bpm-inspire. > >> com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Gary, > >>> > >>> Gary Gregory wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I'd to have a new class called SortedProperties that extends > >>>> java.util.Properties. > >>>> > >>>> Should that go in [lang] or [collections]? > >>>> > >>>> I first thought [lang], but it _is_ a collection after all. > >>>> > >>>> Gary > >>> > >>> for me it's [collections]. [collections] is like [lang] also an > >> extension to > >>> the Java runtime, specialized for the collection/map/array stuff of > >>> java.util. Especially since we tried to strip [lang] down and have > >> already > >>> moved stuff now into more specialized components. > >> > >> I'm stuck in the in-between here with the following thought: HashTable > >> certainly feels like a collection of objects, but it clearly extends > >> Dictionary and isn't in the collections family. But we are in java.util > >> here and not in java.lang, so that feels more like it could be in > >> collections. Plus properties are essentially a map, despite they're > being > >> implemented on top of hashtable. > >> > > > > You know what, after scanning the [lang] and [collections] code base, it > > really seems better in [collections]. > > > > I'd like to propose > > org.apache.commons.collections4.properties.SortedProperties. > > A heretical question: Is the use case generic enough that such a class > should be added to Commons? > > Most users do not care about the order of properties. And if they do, > there might be special requirements, e.g. should the order be > case-sensitive or not, should newly added properties appear at the end > (keeping the original order), ... > Valid question. Take a look at [collections] though. It is full of variations on different kinds of collections. Supporting some way of sorting a Properties object seems quite reasonable in that context. Gary > > Oliver > > > > > Gary > > > > > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Jörg > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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 > >
