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

[Pete Muir]

On 2 May 2011, at 10:10, Manik Surtani wrote:

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

I don't get why you need the asClass() (or any other method call in here), just declare a method

<T> T get(key, Value.class);

surely?