The following repl session shows my attempt to dispatch a multimethod on "type":
... user> (defmulti mm type) #'user/mm user> (type "a") java.lang.String user> (defmethod mm java.lang.String [s] (println "string")) #<MultiFn clojure.lang.mult...@41e3a0ec> user> (mm "a") string nil user> (type (.getBytes "a")) [B user> (defmethod mm [B [b] (println "bytes")) ; Evaluation aborted. user> (def ba-type (type (.getBytes "a"))) #'user/ba-type user> (defmethod mm ba-type [b] (println "bytes")) #<MultiFn clojure.lang.mult...@41e3a0ec> user> (mm (.getBytes "a")) bytes nil user> ... It works easily for the string, but for a native java byte array, type (or class) gives me back this "[B", which I'm unable to use as a dispatch value for the defmethod. I can, however, assign the value to a reference and us that to dispatch on successfully - but that feels like a hack. Is there a way to express the byte array type in a different way than "[B" that would work? Thanks, Frank. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
