Hmm, what about "graphmacro"? Have to be careful with
"graph" though: without "object" it may be
interpreted wrongly. "beanmacro"?
-Matt
--- James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:59 PM, James Carman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, James Carman
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > If people feel that [expression] isn't the
> right name for what I've
> > > come up with, I don't really care (as I said,
> what's in a name). But,
> > > the idea of an expression just fit in my mind.
> I'll try to come up
> > > with something else if you're really that
> opposed to me using the name
> > > "expression". The term "macro" came to mind
> when I was thinking about
> > > a name for this thing, since the builders are
> essentially recording
> > > something from the user (on a proxy) that will
> later be played back
> > > (on some other object).
> > >
> >
> > Other words that convey a similar idea:
> >
> > variable - the "expression" is really a variable
> (a value that can be
> > modified or retrieved).
> > value - the "expression" represents a
> settable/gettable "value"
> > shortcut - the "expression" is a shortcut for
> calling a (potentially)
> > chained series of method calls
> > flatten - the "expression" flattens the chained
> series of method calls
> >
>
> To spell out the "macro" API, it would be:
>
> public interface Macro<R,V>
> {
> public V getValue(R root);
> public void setValue(R root, V value);
> }
>
> public interface Recorder<R>
> {
> public R template();
> public <V> Macro<R,V> record(V value);
> }
>
> A usage would look like:
>
> Recorder<Person> recorder = ...;
> Macro<Person,String> addressCityMacro =
>
recorder.record(recorder.template().getAddress().getCity());
> Person p = ...;
> String city = addressCityMacro.getValue(p);
>
>
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