[jira] [Commented] (CURATOR-148) Order of modifiers on framework commands matters

["Jordan Zimmerman (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jordan Zimmerman commented on CURATOR-148:
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This is intentional. Not all combinations are supported. As each fluent method is added, the available additional methods is limited to what is supported. compressed() and withProtection() should, however, be supported. If you could list some others, they can be added.

> Order of modifiers on framework commands matters
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CURATOR-148
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-148
>             Project: Apache Curator
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Client
>            Reporter: Mike Drob
>
> I only tested this with the {{CreateBuilder}}, but visual inspection makes me think that it is present on other operations as well.
> If I want to create a ZK node, using a bunch of the features that curator provides, I have to do it in a specific order. (Arguments removed for clarity)
> {code}
> client.create()
>     .compressed()
>     .withMode()
>     .withACL()
>     .inBackground()
>     .forPath();
> {code}
> If I unknowingly call {{inBackground()}} first, then the only methods available to me are the {{forPath()}} variants. Similarly, if I call {{create().withMode()}}, then there is longer a way for me to call {{compressed()}} on that object.
> Even more concerning is that it is impossible to call {{compressed()}} and {{withProtection()}} on the same chain, regardless of order.
> Since each of the fluent-style methods already returns {{this}}, it might make sense to modify each method as implemented on {{CreateBuilder}} to have a declared return type of {{CreateBuilder}}, taking advantage of covariant return types.
> Another option, with similar results, would be to remove many of the intermediate interfaces from {{CreateBuilder}} like {{ACLCreateModeBackgroundPathAndBytesable<String>}} and declare it to be: 
> {code}
> interface CreateBuilder extends Pathable<String>,
>     Backgroundable<CreateBuilder>,
>     Compressible<CreateBuilder>,
>     ACLable<CreateBuilder>,
>     CreateModable<CreateBuilder>,
>     ....
> {code}
> This option is very verbose, however.
> A disadvantage of both of these options is that it allows users to call methods multiple times. In some cases, like {{inBackground()}}, it won't matter. In other cases, like {{withACLs()}} we'd have to make a decision on taking an intersection or "last call wins" approach. That might even differ per call, so we'd have to have careful documentation on each.
> Another option is to simply document the behavior (probably on the {{create()}} method) and hope that users will see it. Maybe the best solution is to document in a minor release line, and then make breaking changes in a major version?



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