Wait a minute. Extends sounds like a great method name!

On 2 May 2014 11:04, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:

> I started the work on that.  Should have it finished tonight.
>
> Ralph
>
> On May 2, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I think all that is needed is to rename add(M...) to addParents(M...)
>
> Gary
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>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Bruce Brouwer <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I would be in favor of renaming .add(Marker parent) to
>> .addParents(Marker... parents). If people think it's a big deal, we could
>> have .addParent(Marker parent) and .addParents(Marker... parents), but I
>> don't see a lot of value in having two methods.
>>
>> It is true, I do really want to have the vararg version.
>>
>> We could go crazy and rename .setParents(Marker... parents) to
>> .extends(Marker... markers) and .add(Marker parent) to
>> .andExtends(Marker... markers). That would go along with the interface
>> nomenclature used of .isInstanceOf(Marker marker)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> So it seems like using the word "add" in this context sort of implies
>>> adding a child or contained marker when it actually does the opposite. A
>>> word like "with" or "from" or "using" might make more sense if we wanted to
>>> keep the single word method name idea. Otherwise, addParent[s] or parent[s]
>>> might work, too.
>>>
>>> And in regards to the logo, what's the next step? Run-off voting on the
>>> remaining candidates?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 May 2014 09:25, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, a hierarchy has has node that are parents and children.
>>>>
>>>> Our docs say:
>>>>
>>>> /**
>>>>  *  Markers are objects that are used to add easily filterable
>>>> information to log messages.
>>>>  *
>>>>  *  Markers can be hierarchical - each Marker may have a parent. This
>>>> allows for broad categories
>>>>  *  being subdivided into more specific categories. An example might be
>>>> a Marker named "Error" with
>>>>  *  children named "SystemError" and "ApplicationError".
>>>>  */
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But if I can make this easy mistake:
>>>>
>>>> Marker err = MarkerManager.getMarker("Error");
>>>> arker serr = MarkerManager.getMarker("SysError");
>>>> Marker aerr = MarkerManager.getMarker("AppError");
>>>> err.add(serr);
>>>> err.add(aerr);
>>>>
>>>> Instead I have to do:
>>>>
>>>> serr.add(err);
>>>> aerr.add(err);
>>>>
>>>> If the API tells me the relationship, if I have to write backwards
>>>> code, then I can see it is backward ;)
>>>>
>>>> // no addChild API
>>>> serr.addParent(err);
>>>> aerr.addParent(err);
>>>>
>>>> And of course forget the obvious:
>>>>
>>>> err.addChildren(serr, aerr)
>>>>
>>>> so addParents(Marker...) would be OK too.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, Bruce wants that method to accept a variable number of Markers,
>>>>> so a name that is singular would be awkward.  What else would one be 
>>>>> adding?
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems like we spend more time discussing renames than anything else
>>>>> - like actually picking a logo.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 1, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I find the API name Marker.add(Marker) unclear.
>>>>>
>>>>> OTOH, Marker.setParents(Marker...) is clear.
>>>>>
>>>>> I propose to rename add(Marker) to addParent(Marker).
>>>>>
>>>>> And I do not want to think about addChild(Marker) ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
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>>
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>> Bruce Brouwer
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