Michael Hunger wrote:
> When reading your post the get() set() in the accessor chain caught my eye
> once again.
>
> When doing stuff for squill (squill.dev.java.net) I used the shortes and
> visually least impacting notation for method
> names for creating tuples and accessing their values.
>
> That is "_".
>
> Could we add an optional shorthand notation that adds the following interface
> onto Property
>
> interface ShorthandProperty {
> T _();
> void _(T value);
> }
> which then just delegate to the get/set of Property?
>
> That would change:
> person.name().get().givenName().get()
> to
>
> person.name()._().givenName()._()
>
> Which is (imho) more readable.
Ok, I checked and "_" is the only non-A2Z character allowed.
I tried implementing it, and it looked pretty ok, especially in chains.
Instead of:
foo().get().bar().get().xyzzy().get()
you have:
foo()._().bar()._().xyzzy()._()
which is easier to read. Yes, compared to other languages it feels kind
of silly, but... such is life.
/Rickard
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