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

[David M. Lloyd]

On 05/03/2011 12:41 PM, Pete Muir wrote:
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> On 2 May 2011, at 10:10, Manik Surtani wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>>> Foo foo = getUsing(key, Foo.class)
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>>> This would be a pretty useful addition to the API anyway to avoid user casts.
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>> Maybe as an "advanced" API, so as not to pollute the basic API?  A bit like:
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>> Foo f = cache.getAdvancedCache().asClass(Foo.class).get(key);
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> I don't get why you need the asClass() (or any other method call in here), just declare a method
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> <T>  T get(key, Value.class);
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> surely?

Yeah I agree, an asClass() method means an intermediate object and extra 
step which is a little clunky.  Adding one method doesn't hurt.

I'd like to see what the unmarshalling logic for this will look like - 
it is a novel and interesting, yet simple, solution; my favorite kind. :)
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- DML