> Even though it may not be as concise, using "alternate form of" might > be less confusing.
I assume you are talking about "limit" comment, not "select"? > On Apr 7, 2015, at 5:29 PM, Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Even though it may not be as concise, using "alternate form of" might > be less confusing. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> > wrote: >> Hey Mike, >> >> >>> On Apr 7, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Michael Gentry <mgen...@masslight.net> wrote: >>> >>> Select.select(ObjectContext context, int size); >>> >>> Then selectFirst would just call it with a size = 1. This would give you >>> an easy way to support fetching the top 5 (or 10 or any other number) >>> newest/hottest/etc news articles (to use your example). >> >> FWIW, an equivalent api for size > 1 API would be: >> >> ObjectSelect.query(..).limit(5).select(context); >> >>> Also, maybe I'm misreading the JavaDocs, but for Select.selectOne, it says: >>> Essentially the inversion of "ObjectContext.selectOne(Select)". >>> >>> I don't think inversion is the correct word, since it means opposite, and >>> they aren't opposites. A couple others use the word inversion, too, when I >>> don't think that is what is meant. >> >> I think this doc was copied from ObjectSelect.selectOne, etc. Here inversion >> means "call order inversion". I.e. you get the same result, but perform the >> invocation in a different (opposite) way: >> >> 1. List<T> objects = ObjectSelect.query(T.class).select(context); >> 2. List<T> objects = context.select(ObjectSelect.query(T.class)); >> >> Does it make sense with such explanation? >> >> Andrus >
