RE: NumericRangeQuery "static" constructors

2009-09-23 Thread Uwe Schindler
phi.de] > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:42 AM > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: RE: NumericRangeQuery "static" constructors > > It is just for some type safety (with generics it would be better to > handle). The problem is, that overloading the ctor with l

RE: NumericRangeQuery "static" constructors

2009-09-22 Thread Uwe Schindler
gersoll [mailto:gsing...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:33 AM > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: NumericRangeQuery "static" constructors > > I was wondering what was the reason for the "static" constructors on > the NumericRangeQuery?

NumericRangeQuery "static" constructors

2009-09-22 Thread Grant Ingersoll
I was wondering what was the reason for the "static" constructors on the NumericRangeQuery? I don't get the point of a static method call that simply passes through to a normal constructor. Are people somehow magically more capable of discerning the meaning of a static method than simply