.of instead of .create?

I likey.

On Feb 9, 6:26 pm, [email protected] (Dominic Mitchell) wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 05:27:42AM -0800, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote:
> > 1. By using a constructor, you don't get type inference. Use a static
> > method, like so:
>
> > public static <P, Q> Pair<P, Q> create(P a, P b) {
> >     return new Pair<P, Q>(a, b);
> > }
>
> > and then make the actual constructor private.
>
> Hear, hear!  Although, I'd call it "of" rather than create, as that's
> what the google collections library does.  The type inference leads to a
> really nice API.
>
>   public Pair<String, Integer> doStuff() {
>     // …
>     return Pair.of("answer", 42);
>   }
>
> As to the issues of getters / setters:
>
> * Don't have setters, pairs should be immutable.
> * Do you really need to get at pairs from within JavaBeans?  I'd guess
>   probably not.  Most of the time, the components of a pair will be
>   extracted within a line or two of the call site.
>
> A nice discussion, anyways.  I wish my iPod hadn't run out of juice half
> way through. :)
>
> -Dom
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