I don't think it requires a proposal since as you mention the impact is
pretty small. I would just ask for a complete javadoc on the
VolatileFunction interface explaining its role.
2c.
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Andrea Aime
<[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Okay; let us get this one moving.
> >
> > I ambushed aaime on his weekend to see if this was slated for gt-api as a
> simple patch; or if it would go through the proposal process.
> >
> > My initial thought was that this should be handled in a similar fashion
> to the other marker interface we have in there:
> >
> >> public interface BoundedSpatialOperator extends SpatialOperator {
> >> }
> >
> > This is a marker interface used on spatial filters that can be optimised
> with a bounding box query up front.
> >
> > With that in mind I was thinking of:
> >
> > package org.opengis.filter.expression;
> > public interface VolitileFunction extends Function {
> > }
> >
> > Q: Why gt-opengis?
> > A: It is next to the other filter stuff and thus can be easily found;
> there are already marker interfaces present so it is in good company
> >
> > Q: Isn't this just an implementation detail that can be placed in
> gt-main?
> > A: No; we need to commit to it as public api; so implementations can
> communicate to us how their function is to be used?
>
> Works for me.
> Just a question: is a proposal required for this one?
>
> The patch would involve three changes:
> - adding the new interface
> - modifying the simplifying filter visitor to use it in order to
> simplify out function calls
> - adding the marker to random
>
> All in all the patch may be a few kb (if it reaches a kb at all), so
> pretty small.
> Then again it's an api addition
>
> Your call, the proposal is going to be a copy and past of my previous
> mail anyways,
> no big deal for me
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
>
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