Ahh, my minds on holiday plans ATM.... Still a good transformer addition though.
Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There is no reason to have a toString() transformer. String.valueOf() calls > toString(). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Colebourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [collections] Potential New Additions? > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I have a few classes that I have found useful on numerous projects and > > they > > > are just general enough that they might be a nice addition to the > Commons > > > Collections library... > > > > > > 1. IdentityTransformer - Returns the original object. This is useful > for > > > frameworks which use a Transformer, but do not wish to perform a null > > check. > > TransformerUtils.nopTransformer() > > > > > 2. PropertyValueTransformer - Returns the value of a property. > Currently > > > uses BeanUtils, but could be migrated to use BeanMap instead. > > See [beanutils] recent addition IIRC. > > > > > 3. StringValueTransformer - Returns the value of String.valueOf(), > > passing > > > in the original object. > > Could have value. Also ToStringTransformer. > > > > > 4. PropertyValuePredicate - Returns true if the property has a desired > > > target value. > > Would go to [beanutils] > > > > > 5. TransformerChain - Implements the Transformer interface and allows > you > > > to chain together a list of Transformer objects. Transformations are > > > applied in the order in which they were added to the chain (similar to > > > ComparatorChain). > > TransformerUtils.chainedTransformer() > > > > The TransformerUtils class is in CVS, but not yet released. > > > > The StringValueOf and ToString transformers would probably be useful if > you > > want to submit a tested patch :-) > > > > Stephen > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
