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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by Victor Volle <vi...@gmxpro.net> on 2002/12/02 15:13:52 UTC

[clazz] general question: return List or Array

Hi,

I have a general question about the API.
Should the return types be Lists or Arrays?

If normal Lists are returned I client might 
manipulate the List (imagine adding a method
to a class loaded by reflection??). We could
return immutable Lists or Arrays as in 
java.lang.Class or in java.lang.reflect.Method.

What do you think?

-- Victor


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Re: [clazz] general question: return List or Array

Posted by Dmitri Plotnikov <dp...@yahoo.com>.

Victor,

I guess my choice would be immutable lists.

- Dmitri


--- Victor Volle <vi...@gmxpro.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a general question about the API.
> Should the return types be Lists or Arrays?
> 
> If normal Lists are returned I client might 
> manipulate the List (imagine adding a method
> to a class loaded by reflection??). We could
> return immutable Lists or Arrays as in 
> java.lang.Class or in java.lang.reflect.Method.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> -- Victor
> 
> 
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> To unsubscribe, e-mail:  
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