on 12/21/99 1:12 PM, Patrick Flahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I noticed in the API documentation that some of the set methods return a
> reference and some don't. Is there a design reason for this?
>
> Patrick
Of course this is a design reason for this. We are not idiots. ;-)
It would mean that each and every single element would have to be modified
specially to return its own type. In other words, quite a HUGE amount of
work and typing. Also, it would make the interfaces (especially the event
related ones) kinda worthless since you wouldn't be able to define the
return type of the objects in the interfaces.
We did all the work for the .addElement() method...if you want to do the
work for all the event related stuff or whatever else, feel free and please
submit the patches back. As it is now, I'm upset enough that someone else
jump up to help out with the event stuff and Stephan and I had to do it on
our own for you all. Gee thanks.
Lastly, In Java 1.3, I believe that there are ways around this (ie: dynamic
interfaces), but not in 1.2 or 1.1.
-jon
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