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Posted to log4j-dev@logging.apache.org by Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com> on 2014/03/25 13:28:30 UTC
Why org.apache.logging.log4j.Level.valueOf(Class, String)?
Why do we have this API in org.apache.logging.log4j.Level:
public static <T extends Enum<T>> T valueOf(Class<T> enumType, String
name) {
return Enum.valueOf(enumType, name);
}
?
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Re: Why org.apache.logging.log4j.Level.valueOf(Class, String)?
Posted by Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com>.
Well, some Javadocs would help.
Gary
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Nick Williams <
nicholas@nicholaswilliams.net> wrote:
> I'm not convinced we need it, but it was put there to make Level as close
> to a real enum as possible. Every enum provides that static method (by way
> of extending Enum).
>
> N
>
> On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:28 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
>
> Why do we have this API in org.apache.logging.log4j.Level:
>
> public static <T extends Enum<T>> T valueOf(Class<T> enumType, String
> name) {
> return Enum.valueOf(enumType, name);
> }
>
> ?
>
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>
>
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Re: Why org.apache.logging.log4j.Level.valueOf(Class, String)?
Posted by Nick Williams <ni...@nicholaswilliams.net>.
I'm not convinced we need it, but it was put there to make Level as close to a real enum as possible. Every enum provides that static method (by way of extending Enum).
N
On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:28 AM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> Why do we have this API in org.apache.logging.log4j.Level:
>
> public static <T extends Enum<T>> T valueOf(Class<T> enumType, String name) {
> return Enum.valueOf(enumType, name);
> }
>
> ?
>
> --
> E-Mail: garydgregory@gmail.com | ggregory@apache.org
> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition
> JUnit in Action, Second Edition
> Spring Batch in Action
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