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Richard Eckart de Castilho commented on UIMA-1524:
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I have to admit, I am not so much a fan of using an interface to replace a
static import, be it for constants (which was already working before Java 8) or
methods. Default methods are good to implement default behavior in an interface
and to allow a kind of multiple inheritance that is otherwise not available in
Java. But I don't think they are a particular good replacement for static
imports - in particular because the inherited default methods become part of
the interface of the class. So I'd prefer avoiding that.
> JFSIndexRepository should be enhanced with new generic methods
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> Key: UIMA-1524
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-1524
> Project: UIMA
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core Java Framework
> Affects Versions: 2.3
> Reporter: Joern Kottmann
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> Existing methods should be overloaded with an additional Class argument to
> specify the exact return type. This changes make down casting of returned
> objects unnecessary.
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