On Sunday, November 21, 2010, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/21/10 12:29 AM, Alex Karasulu wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Felix Knecht<[email protected]> wrote: > > > What's the meaning of this method WRT to its comment and its naming (value > is declared as int): > > /** > * @return The hex value for this flag, in its position. > * For instance, getting the flag 5 will return 0x0000 0010 > */ > public int getHexValue() > { > return 1<< value; > } > > - IMO a hex is an alphanumeric pattern (abcdef0123456789), so how can this > method return an int representing a hex? > - 'value' represents all set flags, nto a specific one, but no method > parameter is given to specifiy a specific flag ... > > Any ideas ? > > > Yeah that's pretty cryptic. You're just multiplying by 2 here. > > no. It's 2 power2 value. What the method does is that it set a bit in the > fifth position.
I have no idea where u are coming from here. A bit shift to the right doubles the value and yes I know it's a pow2 thing. Just what point are you trying to make? > > Not sure it's useful though. > > First off this method is never used anywhere so you can delete it. I have no > idea where it came from or where it might have been used if at all. > > +1 > > The javadoc example is all dorked too. The hex value shown is not 5 which > should be 0x0000 0101. Maybe the bit shift was intended in the other > direction by the javadoc. The history on this is lost from svn blame so hard > to tell what it was about. Regardless the end result should be 0x0000 1010 > which is 8+2 or 10. > > nope, the end result is correct. But anyway, this is typically an > over-engineered piece of code, a YAGNI My point was the javadoc is not consistent with what this stupid method does. The javadoc comment example would be a bit shift to the right, not to the left as is done. Anyways this is not a big deal. I think your tired and not understanding what I am writing and just saying no or nope to everything I write. -- Alex Karasulu My Blog :: http://www.jroller.com/akarasulu/ Apache Directory Server :: http://directory.apache.org Apache MINA :: http://mina.apache.org To set up a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/AlexKarasulu
