Interpolation is well understood by Perl programmers. It's probably a
good idea to use a term that many other people already know. Of course,
if it doesn't really do interpolation in the Perl sense of the word an
alternate name would be a good idea to prevent confusion.
David
--- Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just taking a quick look at Interpolation.
>
> (1) Does it belong?
>
> I was at first a little surprised to see something so script-like in
> [lang]. I guess it does not feel like something that is missing in
> java.lang. OTOH, we are just talking about another form of String search
> and replace, so it does make sense under that umbrella.
>
> (2) The name Interpolation and interpolate.
>
> I must say that I am a bit turned off by these somewhat mathematical
> names. This class is more of String "matcher" or "replacer" thingy. What
> does Ant call these things?
>
> Interpolation.interpolate( templateString, valuesMap );
>
> (3) Usage.
>
> I'd like that class to be more flexible in order to do the following for
> example:
>
> Interpolation interpolation = new Interpolation();
> interpolation.setStartMarker("<");
> interpolation.setEndMarker(">");
> interpolation.setMap(aMap);
> String news = interpolation.interpolate(templateString);
>
> Cheers,
> Gary
>
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