> From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:31:19 -0500 (EST) > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH] - PropertyUtils - bug 5639 > > > > > > > > According to the JavaBeans spec, there *is* no such thing as an > > > indexed List property :-). > > > > > > But I take your point -- if you want to go ahead and add > support for > > > this to getIndexedProperty() and setIndexedProperty(), I won't -1 > > > it. > > > > I've not been keeping up well, but it seems to me that > JavaBeans does > > have an indexed property. Now if the question is whether they're > > implemented as an array or a List, I would think that the JavaBean > > spec really shouldn't be caring about that. > > > > Whether we like it or not, the JavaBeans spec *does* care about that: > > http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/docs/beans.101.pdf > >See sections 7.2 and 8.3.3, which are very explicit about indexed properties being backed by an array, not a List. >
Understood. Maybe we could just be pioneers here and maybe see this happen in an updated version of the JavaBeans spec? I think it makes perfect sense myself, and if we 'innovate', maybe we can change the world ;-) Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
