[infinispan-dev] [Pull Request] Modular Classloading Compatibility

[Manik Surtani]

On 1 May 2011, at 13:38, Pete Muir wrote:

>>> As in, user API?  That's a little intrusive... e.g., put(K, V, cl) ?
>> 
>> Not for put, since you have the class, just get, and I was thinking 
>> something more like:
>> 
>> Foo foo = getUsing(key, Foo.class)
> 
> This would be a pretty useful addition to the API anyway to avoid user casts.

Maybe as an "advanced" API, so as not to pollute the basic API?  A bit like:

Foo f = cache.getAdvancedCache().asClass(Foo.class).get(key);

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