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Jens Melgaard commented on LUCENENET-515:
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*I realized that there was a workaround...*
*I realized that you didn't feel that the workaround was that impacting...*
*I realized that the solution wasn't high priority...*
*I realized that you wanted to implement it because you agree it should be
there...*
*I realized that the removal stemmed from the java version...*
I did not realize that you asked a rhetoric question, because across different
cultures you shouldn't do that... And especially not over a text medium...'
(same rule for sarcasm and irony, different cultures perceive those thing
differently)
Now what did I miss?... Because no matter how many times I read what you
wrote...
These are the points I get out of it...
> bring back TokenStream.GetAttribute(Type).
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>
> Key: LUCENENET-515
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENENET-515
> Project: Lucene.Net
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Lucene.Net Core
> Affects Versions: Lucene.Net 3.0.3
> Reporter: Jens Melgaard
>
> I Have noticed that TokenStream.GetAttribute(Type) is gone in favor for
> TokenStream.GetAttribute<Type>();
> Obviously TokenStream.GetAttribute<Type>() is a better syntax; but it should
> not replace TokenStream.GetAttribute(Type), but instead compliment it... But
> this is a common pitfall, especially for non-.NET developers and people who
> have not run into the implications of this..
> In the case of Lucene.NET, it is properly unlikely that this will affect
> anyone, however, I consider what has been done bad practice... now why is
> that?
> Many would think like this:
> Before I had to do this old thing...
> {code}TokenStream.GetAttribute(typeof(TermAttribute));{code}
> And god I hated that, so now I replaced it with the much more beautiful:
> {code}TokenStream.GetAttribute<TermAttribute>();{code}
> And deleted that old hag of a method taking a Type... And now I am happy...
> BUT!...
> What when...
> {code}
> Type myNotDefinedHereType = GetTypeFromSomeWhere();
> TokenSteam.GetAttribute.... ?????!?!?!?... Uhm... What now????
> {code}
> Now you have to write a whole lot of reflection mess, use a dynamically
> compiled delegate using IL-Emit or the Mono Compiler as a Service...
> All of those 3 workarounds are generally just ugly...
> If you keept both...
> {code}
> Type myNotDefinedHereType = GetTypeFromSomeWhere();
> TokenSteam.GetAttribute(myNotDefinedHereType);
> {code}
> While it might be unlikely that it will ever be used, there is always the off
> case, and API's should support both...
> So instead of:
> {code}
> public virtual T GetAttribute<T>() where T : IAttribute
> {
> Type key = typeof (T);
> if (!this.attributes.ContainsKey(key))
> throw new ArgumentException("This AttributeSource does not have the
> attribute '" + key.FullName + "'.");
> else
> return (T) this.attributes[key].Value;
> }
> {code}
> Do:
> {code}
> public T GetAttribute<T>() where T : IAttribute
> {
> return (T) GetAttribute(typeof(T));
> }
> public virtual IAttribute GetAttribute(Type key)
> {
> //Note: Since Type is required to implement IAttribute, I would
> properly check that as well to be able to provide a more meaningfull error...
> However to speed things up, I would do it inside the if bellow...
> if (!this.attributes.ContainsKey(key))
> throw new ArgumentException("This AttributeSource does not have the
> attribute '" + key.FullName + "'.");
> else
> return (T) this.attributes[key].Value;
> }
> {code}
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