Martin Desruisseaux created SIS-87:
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Summary: Provide copy constructors in metadata objects
Key: SIS-87
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SIS-87
Project: Spatial Information Systems
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Metadata
Reporter: Martin Desruisseaux
Assignee: Martin Desruisseaux
Fix For: 0.3
Every subclass of {{ISOMetadata}} should provide a copy constructor. Problem is
that those copy constructors are very tedious to write. The
{{shallowCopy(Object)}} method working with Java reflection has been created
for making that easier. However {{shallowCopy}} can not be invoked from the
constructor (actually it can, but this is dangerous because {{shallowCopy}}
invokes in turn overrideable methods before the subclasses have been
initialized).
This task can be subdivided in the following sub-tasks:
* Write a small program generating most of the copy constructor code
automatically.
* Write a small program generating most of the test code automatically
(probably the same program in a modified form).
* Update all {{castOrCopy}} methods to use the new copy constructor.
* Transform the {{shallowCopy}} method into an {{append}} method, which may be
more useful. The difference would be that new items are added into existing
collections instead than overwriting the previous ones.
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