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Mike Drob commented on CURATOR-148:
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I was under the impression that we'd be sticking to Java 7 to match ZK (so Java
8 might be a long time coming).
I had started some work on an automatic X/Y table, but it quickly grew out of
scope for what could be an easy change. Is there any reason to not commit the
specific fix now and follow up with a more general fix later? A former
colleague of mine used to often say that "perfect is the enemy of good."
> Order of modifiers on framework commands matters
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CURATOR-148
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-148
> Project: Apache Curator
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Client
> Reporter: Mike Drob
>
> I only tested this with the {{CreateBuilder}}, but visual inspection makes me
> think that it is present on other operations as well.
> If I want to create a ZK node, using a bunch of the features that curator
> provides, I have to do it in a specific order. (Arguments removed for clarity)
> {code}
> client.create()
> .compressed()
> .withMode()
> .withACL()
> .inBackground()
> .forPath();
> {code}
> If I unknowingly call {{inBackground()}} first, then the only methods
> available to me are the {{forPath()}} variants. Similarly, if I call
> {{create().withMode()}}, then there is longer a way for me to call
> {{compressed()}} on that object.
> Even more concerning is that it is impossible to call {{compressed()}} and
> {{withProtection()}} on the same chain, regardless of order.
> Since each of the fluent-style methods already returns {{this}}, it might
> make sense to modify each method as implemented on {{CreateBuilder}} to have
> a declared return type of {{CreateBuilder}}, taking advantage of covariant
> return types.
> Another option, with similar results, would be to remove many of the
> intermediate interfaces from {{CreateBuilder}} like
> {{ACLCreateModeBackgroundPathAndBytesable<String>}} and declare it to be:
> {code}
> interface CreateBuilder extends Pathable<String>,
> Backgroundable<CreateBuilder>,
> Compressible<CreateBuilder>,
> ACLable<CreateBuilder>,
> CreateModable<CreateBuilder>,
> ....
> {code}
> This option is very verbose, however.
> A disadvantage of both of these options is that it allows users to call
> methods multiple times. In some cases, like {{inBackground()}}, it won't
> matter. In other cases, like {{withACLs()}} we'd have to make a decision on
> taking an intersection or "last call wins" approach. That might even differ
> per call, so we'd have to have careful documentation on each.
> Another option is to simply document the behavior (probably on the
> {{create()}} method) and hope that users will see it. Maybe the best solution
> is to document in a minor release line, and then make breaking changes in a
> major version?
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