On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > I've already sent a proposal for EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder (see > http://markmail.org/message/ewbizvcx4zj432il) but only Sergiu answered. So > resending as a VOTE and adding ToStringBuilder > > For ToStringBuilder the idea is to create a XWikiStyle (see > https://gist.github.com/2164507 ) > And then to use it as in: > > @Override > public String toString() > { > ToStringBuilder builder = new ToStringBuilder(this, new XWikiStyle()); > builder = builder.append("Typed", isTyped()) > .append("Type", getType().getScheme()); > > if (getReference() != null) { > builder = builder.append("Reference", getReference()); > } > > if (!getBaseReferences().isEmpty()) { > builder = builder.append("Base References", getBaseReferences()); > } > > Map<String, String> params = getParameters(); > if (!params.isEmpty()) { > builder = builder.append("Parameters", params); > } > > return builder.toString(); > } > > For the record this generates stuff like the following which is based on our > current practices: > "Typed = [true] Type = [doc] Reference = [reference] Base References = > [[baseref1], [baseref2]] Parameters = [[name1] = [value1], [name2] = > [value2]]" > > The rationale for using ToStringBuilder is: > * It reduces our boilerplate code by at least 50% > * It makes all our toString implementation consistent and easy to write > > Now all that remains is to decide where to put the XWikiStyle class. Of > course it has to go in XWiki Commons somewhere but where? > > I'm proposing several possibilities: > * xwiki-commons-logging (existing module): the rationale would be that the > toString() is usually used for logging. The package would be > org.xwiki.logging.text. I'm wondering if we should make this class internal > too. > * xwiki-commons-text (new module): I'm not sure what else we would put in > there
+1 Thanks, Marius > * xwiki-commons-util (new module): I don't like to have a module with no > specific domain but it could be temporary till there are more stuff that make > a domain > > So here's my +1. My only doubt is where to put it. Right now I'd be tempted > to put it in xwiki-commons-logging so that we don't create a new module. > > Thanks > -Vincent > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
