A wrapper of some kind like Adrian suggested sounds like the way to go here. Maybe we could have something like:
Map<String, String> map = CSVRecordUtils.toMap(record); Benedikt 2014/1/15 Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > I have a complex immutable class with a constructor that takes many fields. > > I have a factory that builds instances of this class. > > At runtime, some of the data to build the objects come from CSVRecord > objects. > > At other times, like for tests, I want build sometimes I build the objects > from CSVRecord and sometimes from Map objects. The factory uses the Map > like a CSVRecord. This let's me build simple, medium and large objects > using a Map, which is handy for the test, without having to deal with all > of the fields in a real record. > > Right now, I have duplicate looking code in the factory methods since > CSVRecord and Map<String, String> are not friends. > > Hence my request. Also consider that one cannot do 'new CSVRecord()' like > one can 'new HashMap<String, String>()'. > > Thanks, > Gary > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I'm not fond of the idea at the first glance. What is your use case? > > > > Emmanuel > > > > > > Le 14/01/2014 23:27, Gary Gregory a écrit : > > > Hi All: > > > > > > Any thoughts on making CSVRecord implement Map<String, String> ? > > > > > > It would certainly help remove duplicate code in a use case of mine. > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition< > http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
