Re: [infinispan-dev] ISPN-78 and Large Object Support/Streaming API

----- "Manik Surtani" <manik(a)jboss.org&gt; wrote: > On 20 May 2010, at 16:14, Galder Zamarreno wrote: > >> The following ties in a bit with my comment yesterday about return > values: >> >> If these two methods would always return null, you'd never be able > to find out whether a remove/replace worked on its own. Returning > previous value would indeed not work, but you could still return a > marker different to null. > > The problem with markers is typing. Returning a boolean, for example, > would make a lot of sense. But returning anything else would in > effect be used *as a boolean*. Using any other return type for this > would be abuse of the type system. +1, a boolean would be enough.

> > >> >> V remove(K key); // except that this will always return a null >> V replace(K key, V value); // except that this will always return a > null >> >> So, if remove worked cos the key was present, a marker value would > be returned, otherwise if the key was not present, null would be > returned. >> >> Cheers, >> >> ----- "Manik Surtani" <manik(a)jboss.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> I have put together a brief design for ISPN-78. Please take a > look, >>> it is on the wiki: >>> >>> https://community.jboss.org/wiki/LargeObjectSupport >>> >>> I have also deferred ISPN-78 to 5.0.0 rather than 4.1.0 as I'd > rather >>> not hold up 4.1.0 for new features at this stage. >>> >>> Please have a look at the designs and let me know what you think - > or >>> comment on the wiki page. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Manik >>> -- >>> Manik Surtani >>> manik(a)jboss.org >>> Lead, Infinispan >>> Lead, JBoss Cache >>> http://www.infinispan.org >>> http://www.jbosscache.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> infinispan-dev mailing list >>> infinispan-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/infinispan-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> infinispan-dev mailing list >> infinispan-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/infinispan-dev > > -- > Manik Surtani > manik(a)jboss.org > Lead, Infinispan > Lead, JBoss Cache > http://www.infinispan.org > http://www.jbosscache.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > infinispan-dev mailing list > infinispan-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/infinispan-dev _______________________________________________ infinispan-dev mailing list infinispan-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/infinispan-dev