Jörn Kottmann wrote: > Jörn Kottmann wrote: >> Marshall Schor wrote: >>> I'll probably stop trying to convince others if they continue to feel >>> that the tradeoffs here should be in the direction of returning only >>> specific types (disallowing users from specifying downcasting in that >>> manner), versus using types of the form T extends X, >>> which allows users to specify downcasting. >>> >> The case of FSIndexRepository is maybe more clear >> then the other cases in our API. >> >> With down casting it could be changed to >> >> interface FSIndexRepository { >> <T extends FeatureStructure> FSIndex<T> getIndex(String label); >> <T extends FeatureStructure> FSIterator<T> getAllIndexedFS(Type aType); >> ... >> } >> >> and then a user could write >> >> FSIndex<AnnotationFS> index = repo.getIndex(...); >> FSIterator<AnnotationFS> it = repo.getAllIndexedFS(...); > Any opinions on this ? Right now the class is not generified but I > would like to change that before the release. > > Jörn
Will our average user know what this means? If you think the answer to that is "yes", then I'm for it. I personally believe the answer is probably "no". --Thilo