I've pushed these into Lang under the name Functor. Command is renamed to Closure to match Collections.
All tests pass. Hen On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (plus)1, I fully support this :-)) Predicate, Transformer, > Command/Closure and Factory are very basic and mature, and fit well > into [lang]. > > In addition this adds the ability to write a CloneUtils in [lang] very > easily (as the code already exists, it just needs a different front > end). > > Stephen > > > from: Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'd like to kick off a discussion on moving some parts of [patterns] over > > to [lang]. The parts in question are: > > > > Predicate - Object -> boolean > > Transformer - Object -> Object > > Command - Object -> void > > Factory - void -> Object > > > > The parts not in scope are: > > > > Beans > > Identifier > > > > The reasoning for the move is that the above four sub-packages are now > > mature, and would be of use to both the Collections and IO codebases. All > > four sub-packages above would get promoted into: > > > > org.apache.commons.lang.functor. > > > > which is what their equivalents in Collections are called. The ones in > > Collections currently, Predicate, Transformer, Factory, would I assume be > > deprecated in favour of the ones currently in Patterns. > > > > Collections currently calls the Command interface a Closure. We may want > > to repeat this debate again. > > > > I'm not assuming that Collections would automatically be dependent on > > these by the way, but it seems like a logical step. There has been some > > concern over whether Collections should add yet another dependency, so > > that would need to be broached later. > > > > Identifier and Bean might later move to Util or somesuch, or Patterns > > would remain. > > > > Hen > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:commons-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
