Re: [hibernate-dev] [HSEARCH] Geospatial indexing and queries
> On a side node, do we really need 'of()'. Sure it makes
it sounds a little more like real English, but then why is there no 'and()'
between lat and long.
> The whole DSL part only carries so far when directly hosted in Java. If there is no
compelling reason for 'of()' i would argue one can drop it.
There is a reason for the of(). An overloaded form used when the user passes a
Coordinates object is like this
builder
.spatial()
.forLocation("location")
.within(500, Unit.KM)
.of(coordinates)
.createQuery();
So you can see there is a symmetry to it.
Fair enough then. As long as there is a use for it :-)
But we can reduce the number of methods called by doing something
like this
builder
.spatial()
.forLocation("location")
.within(500, Unit.KM)
.ofLatitude(48.8d).andLongitude(2.29d)
.createQuery();
Would you like it better?
much actually :-)
> what's about 'proximity' instead of
'spatial'?
I am somewhat neutral, but I think the industry term is spatial queries. Thoughts?
The industry term is spatial, but I think the John Doe user might be more familiar with
proximity.
--Hardy