String constructors on SingleFieldIdentity subclasses

["Matthew T. Adams" <ma...@xcalia.com>]

Hi all,

While making my last change, I had also considered adding convenience
constructors, taking a single String, to all of the classes.  The
constructors would parse the result of each class's toString() method. I
didn't actually add them yet, but they'd be convenient. In the event
that we're given an invalid String instance, we would need to throw an
appropriate exception, which brings into consideration the addition of
resource bundle strings for the exception message.

Thoughts?

--matthew

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Re: String constructors on SingleFieldIdentity subclasses

[Craig Russell <Cr...@Sun.COM>]

Hi Matthew,
On Mar 30, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Matthew T. Adams wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> While making my last change, I had also considered adding convenience
> constructors, taking a single String, to all of the classes.  The
> constructors would parse the result of each class's toString() method.

This would be a spec issue.

> I didn't actually add them yet, but they'd be convenient. In the event
> that we're given an invalid String instance, we would need to throw an
> appropriate exception, which brings into consideration the addition of
> resource bundle strings for the exception message.
>

I've put some messages from the identity classes into the base 
javax.jdo.Bundle.properties. There are not enough messages to warrant a 
separate bundle for sub-packages of javax.jdo.

> Thoughts?

Thanks,

Craig
>
> --matthew
>
> Matthew T. Adams
> Corporate Technical Advisor & Senior Consultant
> Mobile:  +1 253 732 1051
> Phone:  +1 206 331 3833
> Fax:  +1 360 937 9616
> matthew.adams@xcalia.com
> P.O. Box 24163
> Federal Way, WA  98093
> www.xcalia.com
>
>
>
> Xcalia helps businesses address the challenge of Enterprise Information
> Access in a heterogeneous environment.  We provide products and 
> services
> that facilitate the two-way exchange of information between 
> individuals,
> mission-critical applications, and databases.  Our customers enjoy
> improved performance, reduced operating and development costs, faster
> time to market, and rejuvenated legacy systems.
>
>
>
Craig Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo
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