> On Sep 19, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > the signature of transform() in the webrev was not updated (so the wildcards > are missing).
Apologies. I created the webrev before I fully saved. Will update in a bit. > > And i'm still not convince this method should be introduced as is: > - it need more variants (transformToInt, transformToLong, transformToDouble) > to be useful, currently "foo".transform(String::length) do box the resulting > int to an Integer. > - pull it's own weight, while it's nice to be able to be able to write code > fluently from left to right, "foo".transform(Utils::capitalizeFirstLetter), > you can say exactly the same thing for all classes in the JDK, e.g. > path.transform(Utils.appendTextSuffix). Other languages have introduced an > operator to solve that issue (function call syntax is not fluent) like by > example the operator '|>' as in "foo" |> Utils.capitalizeFirstLetter. > I hear you. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an Object::transform. Won't happen since it would likely break the world. You could push for something |> method(…) which applies static R method(T fakeThis, …), but that will take years of debate. String::transform was intended to facilitate custom manipulation (alignment) of raw string literals, in the most string generalized way. I’ll discuss the other variants but please provide better use cases. Cheers, — Jim > regards, > Rémi > > ----- Mail original ----- >> De: "Jim Laskey" <james.las...@oracle.com> >> À: "core-libs-dev" <core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net> >> Envoyé: Mardi 18 Septembre 2018 19:52:17 >> Objet: RFR - JDK-8203442 String::transform (Code Review) > >> Please review the code for String::transform. The goal is to provide a String >> instance method to allow function application of custom transformations >> applied >> to an instance of String. >> >> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/8203442/webrev/index.html >> jbs: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203442 >> csr: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203703 >> >> Cheers, >> >> — Jim
