Re: api question
> Am 23.04.2015 um 11:02 schrieb John Hewson : > > > >> On 15 Apr 2015, at 04:47, Simon Steiner wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but getCOSDictionary >> is not public? > > Legacy quirk. There's actually no need for any of the getCOSDictionary() > methods, as getCOSObject() can be overloaded in any COSObjectable subclass to > have COSDictionary as its return type. It seems that the author of > getCOSDictionary(), etc. was not aware of this feature of the Java type > system. another side node - sometimes to get the COSDictionary the method is getCOSDictionary() and sometimes it's simply getDictionary() e.g. in PDAcroForm. Maybe worth considering to make that consistent - would got for getCOSxxx(). BR > > -- John > >> >> Thanks >> > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
Re: api question
> On 15 Apr 2015, at 04:47, Simon Steiner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but getCOSDictionary > is not public? Legacy quirk. There's actually no need for any of the getCOSDictionary() methods, as getCOSObject() can be overloaded in any COSObjectable subclass to have COSDictionary as its return type. It seems that the author of getCOSDictionary(), etc. was not aware of this feature of the Java type system. -- John > > Thanks > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
Re: api question
Done. Tilman Am 16.04.2015 um 10:25 schrieb Simon Steiner: Hi, PDStructureNode PDObjectReference PDMarkedContentReference Thanks -Original Message- From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] Sent: 15 April 2015 20:33 To: dev@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: api question Am 15.04.2015 um 13:47 schrieb Simon Steiner: Hi, Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but getCOSDictionary is not public? Can you mention a few classes where this happens? Tilman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
RE: api question
Hi, PDStructureNode PDObjectReference PDMarkedContentReference Thanks -Original Message- From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] Sent: 15 April 2015 20:33 To: dev@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: api question Am 15.04.2015 um 13:47 schrieb Simon Steiner: > Hi, > > > > Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but > getCOSDictionary is not public? Can you mention a few classes where this happens? Tilman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
Re: api question
Am 15.04.2015 um 13:47 schrieb Simon Steiner: Hi, Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but getCOSDictionary is not public? Can you mention a few classes where this happens? Tilman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
api question
Hi, Why do you have classes where getCOSObject is public but getCOSDictionary is not public? Thanks
