On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim <naftoli...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:08 PM, David Pollak < > feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Naftoli Gugenheim >> <naftoli...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> 1. Why does MappedString have members such as nonNull(in: String) >>> which don't depend on the MappedString's state? Shouldn't they be in a >>> singleton somewhere? >>> >> >> Maybe they should be, but are they hurting anything where they are? >> > Nope! Not complaining, just mentioning it. Are they meant to be public? Are > they used with any value for 'in' other than the field's own value? In other > words, would it make sense to take off the 'in' parameter, satisfying #1 and > #2. > If you change their signatures, it will break existing code. I probably added them when I needed some helper methods. You're welcome to add companions that read the current "is" value of the MappedString > >> >>> 2. It would be nice if there was a method like 'is' that would return >>> null as "". Actually for my particular use case where I'm testing >>> field.is.isEmpty it would be nice if it would have a method like >>> isEmpty that would return true if value==null || value.isEmpty. >>> >> >> You can (1) write a trait and mix it in or (2) write a subclass of >> MappedString and use that. >> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net >> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 >> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp >> Surf the harmonics >> >> >> > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Surf the harmonics --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
