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ASF GitHub Bot commented on TINKERPOP-2234:
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andreachild commented on code in PR #3207:
URL: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3207#discussion_r2349963233
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+*x.y.z - Proposal 8*
+
+== Type Predicate
+
+=== Motivation
+
+Following up on
link:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-2234[TINKERPOP-2234],
filtering of traversers based on types would be a very convenient addition to
data manipulation in Gremlin. For example, when we perform union of traversals
and only want vertices or edges, currently there is no simple way to assert the
type and pass it through.
+
+=== Type Token Definition & Implementation
+
+To facilitate type assertion across GLVs, using a unified set of enum tokens
is the most convenient, especially given we do not want to leak Java types into
other languages. The proposal here is to use a defined set of Gremlin Type
tokens (see Appendix), and use an interface structure to allow providers to
implement and register their own type tokens to be used with the Gremlin
Language.
+
+==== Gremlin Type Enum
+
+We will define a `GType` enum consiste of core types in Gremlin be used with
the type predicate (for full set of types, see Appendix), for type safety and
maintainability across GLVs. This will also be the singel set of type enum used
in Gremlin steps (e.g. replacing `N` in `asNumber()`).
+
+This enum itself will not be extensable, however it will contain a GlobalCache
which providers can use to register their own types with the Grammar to be used
as string arguments.
+
+[source,java]
+----
+public enum GType {
+ BYTE(Byte.class),
+ DOUBLE(Double.class),
+ FLOAT(Float.class),
+ INT(Integer.class),
+ LIST(List.class),
+ LONG(Long.class),
Review Comment:
The examples below mention `GType.NUMBER`, `GType.VERTEX`, should those be
added here?
> Introduce Type Predicate
> ------------------------
>
> Key: TINKERPOP-2234
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TINKERPOP-2234
> Project: TinkerPop
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: process
> Affects Versions: 3.4.2
> Reporter: Stephen Mallette
> Priority: Major
>
> Provide for a {{typeOf()}} predicate that allows for testing the type of an
> object which would enable neat things like:
> {code}
> g.V().outE().has('weight',gt(0.1)).inV().path().unfold().is(typeOf(VERTEX))
> {code}
> See the linked DISCUSS thread for more information.
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