[jira] [Created] (CAY-2165) Explicit "contribution" API for easier expansion of DI collections and maps

["Andrus Adamchik (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Andrus Adamchik created CAY-2165:
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             Summary: Explicit "contribution" API for easier expansion of DI collections and maps
                 Key: CAY-2165
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-2165
             Project: Cayenne
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Core Library
            Reporter: Andrus Adamchik
            Assignee: Andrus Adamchik


Currently extending Cayenne via contribution to DI collections and maps is not easy, as locating the corresponding map/collection is not transparent. It requires the knowledge of a String key for a given collection, and doesn't tell the user the type of the objects in the collection. E.g.:

{noformat}
binder
                .bindList(Constants.SERVER_DEFAULT_TYPES_LIST)
                .add(new LocalDateType())
                .add(new LocalTimeType())
                .add(new LocalDateTimeType());
{noformat}
Let's wrap this in a static contribution API similar to what was developed in bootique.io. E.g.:

{noformat}
BQCoreModule.contributeExtendedTypes(binder).add(..).add(..)
{noformat}

This way the users will have explicit API to access all module collections / maps and will know the type of objects they expect.



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