On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Herve Quiroz wrote: > Hi, > > > I am using commons-functor to build a network simulator (based upon an > XML document modified through procedures and validated against > predicates each cycle). I had to develop several additions to > commons-functor and I thought I could donate them to commons-functor. > > There are several functors but here are IMHO the most relevant ones: > > - class Predicates: Predicates utility methods > > public static Or or(Collection predicates); > public static And and(Collection predicates); > > As there is no constructor for Or/And predicates with a collection as > parameter, these methods provide a way to get them.
Sounds like a good idea, although I'm having trouble coming up with a reason why we just wouldn't make these methods of Or and And directly? > > - class WhileDoProcedure: loop procedure > > The constructor takes a condition (Predicate) and an action (Procedure). > The run() method loops, each time testing the condition and running the > action. > > > - class WhileDoProcedure: loop procedure > > Same as above but the running the action and then test the condition. > > Note: the two last classes extend AbstractLoopProcedure Sounds good as well. I assume one of these is not named "WhileDo", perhaps the latter is DoWhile? > > There are some others but I need to classify them and decide which ones > are generic enough to be part of commons-functor... > > Obviously, I will provide everything with complete Javadoc support and > test cases whenever it is relevant. > Great. Feel free to submit patches to the dev list. > Regards, > > Herve > -- - Rod <http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
