paulirwin commented on issue #1059: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucenenet/issues/1059#issuecomment-2543926321
I just had an idea, based on that last comment, if you're open to it. We could create non-generic interfaces (not abstract classes) that do not expose collections, but give you APIs to retrieve items. By using an interface instead of an abstract class, we wouldn't be forced to convert to/from object except for in the explicitly implemented methods. It also would not change the type hierarchy. For example: ```c# public interface IAllGroupsCollector : ICollector // NOTE: we'd need to keep this interface { int GroupCount { get; } object GetGroup(int index); } ``` We would then explicitly implement the interface for the GetGroup method. I think that would be cleaner than exposing a non-generic ICollection, although I could be swayed on explicitly implementing that too. Thoughts? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucenenet.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org