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Posted to user@commons.apache.org by de...@gmx.net on 2009/11/01 11:36:39 UTC
RE: new feature: coalesce operator / method
Done. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-550
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> From: Ted Dunning [mailto:ted.dunning@gmail.com]
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> Subject: Re: new feature: coalesce operator / method
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> Write up a JIRA and a patch and go for it!
>
> I would recommend that the name be "firstNonNull" rather than
> "coalesce".
> The verb coalesce implies things coming together rather than selecting
> one
> of many.
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:39 AM, thomas menzel
> <de...@gmx.net>wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > after writing an if (x != null) {o = ...} else if (y != null) {o = }
> ...
> > cascade, i just thought that we could use a coalesce operator in java
> as
> > well....
> >
> >
> > until sun will support this i think this could be hosted somewhere in
> the
> > commons.lang package:
> >
> > Operators.coalesce(final Object... object);
> >
> > this then would return the first non-null objecet from the given
> > list/array.
> >
> > alternatively this could also go on ObjectUtils.
> >
> > what do u think?
> >
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Re: lang only depends on JDK 1.2?
Posted by Henri Yandell <fl...@gmail.com>.
Thanks Thomas.
I've removed the PROPOSAL.html file as it's a file created before Lang
was created and I don't know what the value is in having it hang
around is.
Hen
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:52 AM, thomas menzel <de...@gmx.net> wrote:
> hi.
>
> i was wondering about the proposal statement:
> Lang relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for production
> deployment.
>
> doesnt that need to be updated to 1.5 b/c at least in ObjectUtils there is a method that uses generics?
>
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lang only depends on JDK 1.2?
Posted by thomas menzel <de...@gmx.net>.
hi.
i was wondering about the proposal statement:
Lang relies only on standard JDK 1.2 (or later) APIs for production
deployment.
doesnt that need to be updated to 1.5 b/c at least in ObjectUtils there is a method that uses generics?
so long
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