I have now also written the set() portion for lists, as well as tests.
What do you think about it?  Want me to commit for people to see/test,
then rollback later if needed?

Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Sanders 
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:42 AM
> To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] - PropertyUtils - bug 5639
> 
> 
> > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Is it just that no one is watching out for PropertyUtils, or the
> > > people who usually watch on it are busy?
> > >
> > 
> > The latter.
> > 
> > There is also an important philosophical issue here -- it
> > breaks conformance with standard JavaBeans definition of the 
> > semantics for indexed properties, which does *not* include 
> > List based support.  That's worth some reflective discussion 
> > first, and (so far) I remain somewhat unconvinced that we 
> > should deviate here.
> 
> 
> I would think that we *should* deviate.  I would assume that 
> this would
> be very useful, even if it doesn't follow the standard JavaBeans
> definition.  In the end, it is all about easier access to an 
> object.  I
> think List access as an index adds value.  But the question 
> is, what do
> you so if you want to set() an indexed List property?
> 
> Scott
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe, e-mail:   
> <mailto:commons-dev-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> For 
> additional commands, 
> e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 

--
To unsubscribe, e-mail:   <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Reply via email to