Github user ahgittin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/pull/879#discussion_r149616384
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api/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/api/mgmt/ManagementContext.java ---
@@ -309,8 +310,14 @@
/** As {@link #lookup(String, Class)} but not constraining the return
type */
public BrooklynObject lookup(String id);
- /** Finds an entity with the given ID known at this management context
*/
- // TODO in future support policies etc
+ /** As {@link #lookup(Predicate)} comparing the ID of the object with
the given string */
public <T extends BrooklynObject> T lookup(String id, Class<T> type);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+ /** Finds a {@link BrooklynObject} known in this management context
+ * satisfying the given predicate, or null */
+ public <T extends BrooklynObject> T lookup(Predicate<? super T>
filter);
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marked `@Beta`. i'd be happy with ` Maybe tryLookup` which might be useful
for tests (do a `get()` after to force a nice error easily, as opposed to null
check and new explicit message. but a primary use case is groovy console,
`mgmt.lookup("ID")` is super handy.
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