Thanks Patrick. I submitted a patch: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-679
Looking forward to any feedback... All the best, Aaron On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: > Originally the c/java apis "grew up as sibilings" so there wasn't much > attempt to make the java very OO friendly. What you are suggesting makes > sense, and my personal thought is that if done correctly could "graduate" to > main at some point (prolly as a complement to the current api, but lets > start with contrib and see where it goes from there). > > > Regards, > > Patrick > > Aaron Crow wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, >> >> Thanks! I took a look at zkclient. Since, as you say, it's not very well >> documented, I'm not 100% clear on the goals of the project. However, I did >> see that ZooKeeper nodes are described with (String)path throughout, so >> that >> tells me that zkclient hasn't adopted the first-class "Node" design I'm >> proposing. I think, if the "Node" design was found useful by people AND >> the >> same people found zkclient useful, there would be some integration >> possibilities so that the two could work hand-in-hand. >> >> Thanks again for your reply, and thanks in advance for any further >> guidance >> or thoughts... >> >> >> All the best, >> Aaron >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> This sounds pretty useful as a contrib, ff to submit a patch >>> http://bit.ly/bgYpW5 . Be sure to include README type details on >>> semantics >>> of use (I don't see watches so this might be pretty simple). >>> >>> Also see: http://bit.ly/bhcpwx a few ZK users are using this now afaict. >>> However last I checked docs were thin and there def. were some issues >>> with >>> the semantics. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Patrick >>> >>> >>> Aaron Crow wrote: >>> >>> Dear ZooKeepers, >>>> >>>> We recently integrated ZooKeeper into our Java project at work. This is >>>> a >>>> very cool project... I feel like a kid with a new toy. After using the >>>> Java >>>> API a little, I've begun to create some simple wrappers around the main >>>> ZooKeeper object. >>>> >>>> Specifically, I'm creating a simple Node design, that makes it simpler >>>> and >>>> more convenient for me to do simple management of my ZooKeeper node >>>> state. >>>> Just as a rough idea: >>>> >>>> Node node = myZk.getNode(path); >>>> if(node.exists()){ >>>> String data = node.getData(); >>>> Collection<Node> children = node.getChildren(); >>>> node.delete(); >>>> } >>>> >>>> I was wondering... am I re-inventing the wheel here (did I miss any >>>> existing >>>> API like this)? Or if not, would the community have any interest if I >>>> wanted >>>> to add this into the main project? >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance for any insights or guidance... >>>> >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> Aaron >>>> >>>> >>>> >>
