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[jira] Commented: (LANG-420) Rename ObjectUtils.toString() to
asString().
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-420?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12752009#action_12752009 ]
Henri Yandell commented on LANG-420:
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Options seem to be:
a) Users use the full name.
b) Come up with a generic way to rename clashes. Having an _equals(...), _hashCode(...) etc.
c) Fix just this one to asString.
My vote is on a) as I don't see this as a critical enough feature to warrant all that overloading.
> Rename ObjectUtils.toString() to asString().
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>
> Key: LANG-420
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-420
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.3
> Reporter: Stephen Kestle
> Priority: Trivial
> Fix For: 3.0
>
>
> With Java 5 static method inlining, methods do not require class qualifying *unless* the class already has the method.
> For this reason, ObjectUtlis.toString() cannot be inlined to toString(), as Object has a toString() method.
> It would be nice for it to have a name that could be statically imported, such as asString. This would follow the naming convention of Arrays.asList()
> Note that this DOES NOT need a java 5 version of lang.
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