On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Stephen Colebourne <scolebou...@joda.org> wrote:
> On 1 February 2018 at 15:30, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For example, (picking a made up example) this reads really well to me: > > Pair.of(foo, bar) because that what you'd use in spoken English. > > > > OTOH, this does not read well to me: Fraction.of(num, denum); this would > be > > better: Fraction.from(num, denum) > > In JSR-310, of() is used when there is little work performed in the > factory, and relatively low chance of an error. from() is used when > performing a complex conversion, that has a higher chance of failure, > I like that. To me from() implies some sort of conversion, and of() a simple construction. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
