Gary Gregory wrote:
From: Oliver Heger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:11 PM
To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
Subject: Re: [lang] text.Interpolation, on to 2.2
Hello Gary,
the current state of VariableFormatter is fine with me, it allows me
everything to do I need for [configuration].
I think the problem will be to satisfy other needs mentioned by others
in this thread (e.g. operating on a char[], a static interpolation
method that works without creating an instance). But these points are
less important for me.
Oliver
Oliver: Ok, good new.
All:
(1) operating on a char[]
I recall seeing a mention of this earlier but I cannot recall the
driving force for it. Could it be done in a subsequent release or at
least once we are all happy with the String version? We could the double
up with char[] version of the String APIs. Not my favorite but if it
really needed, it is.
(2) static interpolation method that works without creating an instance.
This is also not important to me but I am open to chatting about it.
(3) I would like to remove the two other classes. I'll propose that in
another message to make it more visible when we are more settled with
VariableFormatter WRT 1 and 2 above.
Thanks,
Gary
I see there was not much feedback for (1) and (2).
While being content with the functionality provided by
VariableFormatter, I have got the feeling that the implementation could
be improved. For instance the escaping mechanism is really complex ATM
and could surely be simplified.
I have some ideas how to do this and how this can be achieved by
directly operating on a char[]. I would like to play a bit around with
these topics with the aim to make the code easier to understand and more
integrated with the other [lang] classes (especially in the text
package). Next week I will be traveling, but hopefully find some time to
deal with these issues.
Oliver
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