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[jira] Created: (SANDBOX-236) Eliminate methods in Generator class
that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling
Generator
Eliminate methods in Generator class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator
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Key: SANDBOX-236
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236
Project: Commons Sandbox
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Functor
Reporter: Matt Benson
I believe that any convenience gained by these methods' presence will be negated by increasing user confusion as Algorithms may be expanded while Generator is "stuck" as a result of its being an interface. It would be more consistent to remove these now rather than incur a "partial, but decreasing symmetry" relationship between this static utility class and interface as time goes on.
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[jira] Updated: (SANDBOX-236) Eliminate methods in Generator
interface that simply mirror methods from Algorithms against the calling
Generator
Posted by "Matt Benson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Matt Benson updated SANDBOX-236:
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Summary: Eliminate methods in Generator interface that simply mirror methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator (was: Eliminate methods in Generator class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator)
> Eliminate methods in Generator interface that simply mirror methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: SANDBOX-236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236
> Project: Commons Sandbox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Functor
> Reporter: Matt Benson
>
> I believe that any convenience gained by these methods' presence will be negated by increasing user confusion as Algorithms may be expanded while Generator is "stuck" as a result of its being an interface. It would be more consistent to remove these now rather than incur a "partial, but decreasing symmetry" relationship between this static utility class and interface as time goes on.
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[jira] Commented: (SANDBOX-236) Eliminate methods in Generator
class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the
calling Generator
Posted by "Matt Benson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
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Matt Benson commented on SANDBOX-236:
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It looks like noone feels strongly about this, so my current plan is to remove Algorithms from the Generator interface wholesale. Maybe a future enhancement can use RT instrumentation to adapt Algorithms onto a given Generator.
> Eliminate methods in Generator class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: SANDBOX-236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236
> Project: Commons Sandbox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Functor
> Reporter: Matt Benson
>
> I believe that any convenience gained by these methods' presence will be negated by increasing user confusion as Algorithms may be expanded while Generator is "stuck" as a result of its being an interface. It would be more consistent to remove these now rather than incur a "partial, but decreasing symmetry" relationship between this static utility class and interface as time goes on.
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[jira] Commented: (SANDBOX-236) Eliminate methods in Generator
class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the
calling Generator
Posted by "Matt Benson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12591309#action_12591309 ]
Matt Benson commented on SANDBOX-236:
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Note that there may be a balance to strike between syntactic sugar and API stability. :|
> Eliminate methods in Generator class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: SANDBOX-236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236
> Project: Commons Sandbox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Functor
> Reporter: Matt Benson
>
> I believe that any convenience gained by these methods' presence will be negated by increasing user confusion as Algorithms may be expanded while Generator is "stuck" as a result of its being an interface. It would be more consistent to remove these now rather than incur a "partial, but decreasing symmetry" relationship between this static utility class and interface as time goes on.
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[jira] Updated: (SANDBOX-236) Eliminate methods in Generator class
that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling
Generator
Posted by "Matt Benson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>.
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Matt Benson updated SANDBOX-236:
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Issue Type: Improvement (was: Bug)
> Eliminate methods in Generator class that simply invoke same-named methods from Algorithms against the calling Generator
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: SANDBOX-236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-236
> Project: Commons Sandbox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Functor
> Reporter: Matt Benson
>
> I believe that any convenience gained by these methods' presence will be negated by increasing user confusion as Algorithms may be expanded while Generator is "stuck" as a result of its being an interface. It would be more consistent to remove these now rather than incur a "partial, but decreasing symmetry" relationship between this static utility class and interface as time goes on.
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