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| RowanChrismtas 10/03/05 -- enforcing the String as Key, Value as type would be even easier if the methods were just a part of the API directly, imo. |
RowanChrismtas - 10/03/05 - enforcing the String as Key, Value as type would be even easier if the methods were just a part of the API directly, imo. EthanCerami - 10/5/05 - However, your proposed approach doesn't provide compile-time checks either. Here's an example method from {{{CytoscapeData}}}: {{{#!java public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute, String key, Object value); }}} The only way to enforce checking at compile time is to create a whole suite of methods, e.g. {{{#!java public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute, String key, String value); public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute, String key, Boolean value); public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute, String key, Integer value); public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute, String key, Double value); }}} And, I think we can agree that this will result in way too many methods. |
RowanChrismtas - 10/03/05 - enforcing the String as Key, Value as type would be even easier if the methods were just a part of the API directly, imo.
EthanCerami - 10/5/05 - However, your proposed approach doesn't provide compile-time checks either. Here's an example method from CytoscapeData:
1 public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute,
2 String key, Object value);
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The only way to enforce checking at compile time is to create a whole suite of methods, e.g.
1 public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute,
2 String key, String value);
3 public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute,
4 String key, Boolean value);
5 public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute,
6 String key, Integer value);
7 public int putAttributeKeyValue (String identifier, String attribute,
8 String key, Double value);
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And, I think we can agree that this will result in way too many methods.