I think this API used for only Read only, i feel it should follow iterator pattern, correct me if I am wrong here ?
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > Thu can only use Set if you have a notion of equality and comparison. Do > you for this collection? > On Jan 11, 2016 9:48 PM, "Gary Gregory" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, not really, I'd like to express whether the collection allows for >> duplicates or not, if not, use a set. >> >> Gary >> >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Even a Collection works well for this. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 11 January 2016, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Ralph Goers < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is returning a List already. Does it really matter much? >>>>> >>>> >>>> It is not indeed critical. It's just a finer point of declaring the >>>> intention of the data model, either duplicates are allowed and expected, or >>>> not. >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ralph >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 11, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Should APIs like: >>>>> >>>>> org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration.getPluginPackages() >>>>> >>>>> really return a List instead of a Set? >>>>> >>>>> Gary >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Matt Sicker <[email protected]> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] >> 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 >> > -- Regards, Sampath
