I started the work on that.  Should have it finished tonight.

Ralph

On May 2, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think all that is needed is to rename add(M...) to addParents(M...)
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Bruce Brouwer <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> I would be in favor of renaming .add(Marker parent) to .addParents(Marker... 
> parents). If people think it's a big deal, we could have .addParent(Marker 
> parent) and .addParents(Marker... parents), but I don't see a lot of value in 
> having two methods.
> 
> It is true, I do really want to have the vararg version.
> 
> We could go crazy and rename .setParents(Marker... parents) to 
> .extends(Marker... markers) and .add(Marker parent) to .andExtends(Marker... 
> markers). That would go along with the interface nomenclature used of 
> .isInstanceOf(Marker marker)
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
> So it seems like using the word "add" in this context sort of implies adding 
> a child or contained marker when it actually does the opposite. A word like 
> "with" or "from" or "using" might make more sense if we wanted to keep the 
> single word method name idea. Otherwise, addParent[s] or parent[s] might 
> work, too.
> 
> And in regards to the logo, what's the next step? Run-off voting on the 
> remaining candidates?
> 
> 
> On 1 May 2014 09:25, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, a hierarchy has has node that are parents and children. 
> 
> Our docs say:
> 
> /**
>  *  Markers are objects that are used to add easily filterable information to 
> log messages.
>  *
>  *  Markers can be hierarchical - each Marker may have a parent. This allows 
> for broad categories
>  *  being subdivided into more specific categories. An example might be a 
> Marker named "Error" with
>  *  children named "SystemError" and "ApplicationError".
>  */
> 
> 
> But if I can make this easy mistake:
> 
> Marker err = MarkerManager.getMarker("Error");
> arker serr = MarkerManager.getMarker("SysError");
> Marker aerr = MarkerManager.getMarker("AppError");
> err.add(serr);
> err.add(aerr);
> 
> Instead I have to do:
> 
> serr.add(err);
> aerr.add(err);
> 
> If the API tells me the relationship, if I have to write backwards code, then 
> I can see it is backward ;)
> 
> // no addChild API
> serr.addParent(err);
> aerr.addParent(err);
> 
> And of course forget the obvious:
> 
> err.addChildren(serr, aerr)
> 
> so addParents(Marker...) would be OK too.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, Bruce wants that method to accept a variable number of Markers, so a 
> name that is singular would be awkward.  What else would one be adding?
> 
> It seems like we spend more time discussing renames than anything else - like 
> actually picking a logo.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> On May 1, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I find the API name Marker.add(Marker) unclear.
>> 
>> OTOH, Marker.setParents(Marker...) is clear.
>> 
>> I propose to rename add(Marker) to addParent(Marker).
>> 
>> And I do not want to think about addChild(Marker) ;)
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
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