On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Benedikt Ritter <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2014-07-21 21:15 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <[email protected]>:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Benedikt Ritter <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 2014-07-21 20:55 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <[email protected]>:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Benedikt Ritter <[email protected]
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey Gary,
> > > > >
> > > > > I like what you did with the isEscaping, isHandlingNull etc. The
> API
> > > > looks
> > > > > much cleaner to me now.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I don't understand is, why you added the type postfix to some
> of
> > > the
> > > > > getters. If we have getCommentStartCharacter, why don't we have
> > > > > getRecordSeparatorString ?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > No good reason.
> > > >
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > > How about removing the postfixes again?
> > >
> > > If the requirement for additional getters returning different typs come
> > up,
> > > we can still add getters with postfix:
> > >
> > > CSV v1.0:
> > >   getCommentStart()
> > >
> > > CSV v1.1
> > >   getCommentStart()
> > >   getCommentStartString() / getCommentStartAsString()
> > >
> > > WDYT?
> > >
> > >
> > I'm not crazy about it because the APIs read oddly otherwise:
> >
> > For example getEscapeCharacter() is clear to me and means -- to me --
> > returns the escape character. The only complaint I can imagine is
> > verbosity. But taking it out is odd "get escape" means get escape what?
> Is
> > escape enabled, disabled? Some attribute of escaping? So
> getEscapeCharacter
> > is good as is IMO.
> >
> >
> So you had a good reason ;-)
>
> one could say, that the information what kind (of escape) is being returned
> is encoded in the method signature, because it is returning a Character.
> But I'm fine with leaving the type information in the method name, where it
> is not clear. That said getDelimiter() is pretty clear to me, as well as
> getRecordSeparator.
>

That's a good point but less obvious when you read code. You need to know
the return type or the type of the object your putting the value. It's
50/50 I guess.

>
>
> > getQuoteCharacter is good because we have more than one item to configure
> > for quote: getQuoteMode and getQuoteCharacter. I can see that because of
> > this specific property, getQuote is understandable, but I prefer
> > consistency of getQuote<Attribute>.
> >
>
> Agreed.
>
>
> >
> > getCommentStartCharacter() is good because it is clean getCommentStart
> > means what? Start could be a misinterpreted as verb, as in "comment
> > starting is enabled" or "commenting is enabled" which is not what this
> > property is about.
> >
>
> Emmanuel already commented on that particular method. We renamed it to
> getCommentMarker(), but it looks like that has been changed again.
>
> Let's change that back to getCommentMarker() again and leave the rest as it
> is.
>

Ah, yes, that got messed up it seems. Please go ahead and make adjustments.

Gary


>
>
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Benedikt
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > We're very close...
> > > > >
> > > > > Benedikt
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2014-07-21 19:18 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <[email protected]>:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Benedikt Ritter <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please take another look at CSV in rev. 1612344. I have:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - renamed the ignoreEmptyHeaders property to
> > > allowMissingColumnNames
> > > > > > > - prefixed everything that is a pure getter with "get"
> > > > > > > - renamed Quote/QuotePolicy consistently to QuoteMode
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Good changes!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is this the final API we can agree upon?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not quite, these names are still bad IMO:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat.isHandlingNull()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Terrible name, isNullStringSet() is simpler and expresses what
> the
> > > code
> > > > > > does. FWIW, It is also the same kind of name JAXB generates for
> > this
> > > > code
> > > > > > pattern.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat.isQuoting()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > isFoo should return a foo ivar. This is not the case here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat.isCommentingEnabled() return a
> > > > computed,
> > > > > > so the name is good.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Same for org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat.isEscaping() but why
> does
> > > one
> > > > > > have the "Enabled" postfix and not the other? The names should be
> > > > > > consistent, I say remove "Enabled".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So to summarize, looking at all of:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > isCommentingEnabled()
> > > > > > isEscaping()
> > > > > > isHandlingNull()
> > > > > > isQuoting()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > they all do the same thing: test an ivar for null.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So the simple thing to do is to make sure we have a good ivar
> name
> > > and
> > > > > use
> > > > > > the JAXB inspired pattern: ivar foo has a test method called
> > > isFooSet()
> > > > > >
> > > > > > commentStart : Character
> > > > > > escape : Character
> > > > > > quoteChar : Character
> > > > > >
> > > > > > First, why is one name postFixed with Char and not the others?
> That
> > > > > should
> > > > > > be consistent. And why not use the full name "Character" in the
> > > > postfix?
> > > > > > Let's do that and match the method names.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This also gives us room for String versions later,
> > > > > getCommentStartString()
> > > > > > for example, without breaking BC.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For the with* methods, having the Character postfix does not make
> > > > sense,
> > > > > > since the type of the argument is in the signature. So
> > > > > > withQuoteChar(char|Character) should be come
> > > withQuote(char|Character).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now, that's better :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My only question now is should "char delimiter" be "char
> > > > delimiterChar"?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > See revision 1612352.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gary
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > br,
> > > > > > > Benedikt
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2014-07-20 14:04 GMT+02:00 Gary Gregory <
> [email protected]
> > >:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I like using all "get" methods and no "is" methods. It is
> > simpler
> > > > and
> > > > > > > > makes the getters easier to access as a group with code
> > > completion
> > > > > IMO.
> > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > with methods do not behave like Java bean method so I do not
> > > thing
> > > > we
> > > > > > > need
> > > > > > > > to worry about that. Unless we want to register
> immutability...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Gary
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From:
> > Benedikt
> > > > > > Ritter <
> > > > > > > > [email protected]> </div><div>Date:07/20/2014  04:02
> > >  (GMT-05:00)
> > > > > > > > </div><div>To: Commons Developers List <
> [email protected]
> > >
> > > > > > > > </div><div>Subject: Re: [CSV] Naming pattern of getters and
> > > setters
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > > CSVFormat (was: Re: [VOTE] Release Commons CSV 1.0 based on
> > RC1)
> > > > > > > </div><div>
> > > > > > > > </div>using "get" for methods that return booleans is very
> > > uncommon
> > > > > > > imho...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > how about leaving all the gramme stuff out and use:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > void withSkipEmptyHeaders(boolean)
> > > > > > > > boolean isSkipEmptyHeaders
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > that would
> > > > > > > > - restore symmetry between getter and setter
> > > > > > > > - almost follow JavaBean conventions (except for the "with")
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > br,
> > > > > > > > Benedikt
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 2014-07-20 8:00 GMT+02:00 Dipanjan Laha <
> [email protected]
> > >:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Although i am not familiar with CSV's codebase, imho "get"
> is
> > > > more
> > > > > > > > straight
> > > > > > > > > forward, so +1 to Gary's suggestion.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Saturday, 19 July 2014, Gary Gregory <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Emmanuel Bourg <
> > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Le 19/07/2014 13:48, Gary Gregory a écrit :
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Can we go back to use "get"?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > We are running in circles Gary, Benedikt and I, if
> others
> > > > could
> > > > > > > weigh
> > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > that would help.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Circles, back and forth, to and fro, call it what you
> will.
> > > IMO
> > > > > > this
> > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > nature of the kind of development we do. Decentralized,
> no
> > > > water
> > > > > > > > cooler,
> > > > > > > > > no
> > > > > > > > > > white board, all emails, leads to this development style,
> > > which
> > > > > is
> > > > > > > what
> > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > have to live with.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > In this case, it seems we had to try the code several
> ways
> > > and
> > > > > see
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > before we can decide. In an office, we might have decided
> > in
> > > > pair
> > > > > > > > > > programming in 5 minutes, this is not what we have. That
> or
> > > > > > architect
> > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > have created some coding edict that imposes coding style.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > So this circling is all OK by me ;-)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Gary
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Emmanuel Bourg
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
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