[jbosscache-dev] Some new Cache usage questions

[Bela Ban]

My 2 cents: I'd rather keep the API clean, at the expense of folks 
potentially writing wrapping code (like Ben).

Your code samples look a bit weird:
#1
Why do you always get the child ? Can't you get the node and cache it, e.g.
Node n=cache.getRoot().getChild(fqn);
n.containsKey(PojoInstance.KEY)

#2
Same as for #1: you don't need to call cache.getRoot().getChild(fqn) all 
the time, for example in a loop, simply cache it


Ben Wang wrote:
> Manik,
>
> While trying to use the new API in PojoCache, I have found that I need to:
>
> 1. To check if a attribute exist, I need to do:
> cache_.getRoot().getChild(fqn_).getData().values().contains(PojoInstance.KEY)
>
> 2. And then, I need to do a lot of cache_.getRoot().getChild(fqn).put(map)
>
> So looks like I need to write a wrapper layer just to provide straight 
> api for:
>
> Cache_.exists(fqn, key)
> And
> Cache_.put(fqn, map)
>
> If this is rare case, then I will bite the bullet. But if it is a 
> common one, then that really begs the question whether we should 
> provide additional apis or not?

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Bela Ban
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