On 2 May 2011, at 10:10, Manik Surtani wrote:
On 1 May 2011, at 13:38, Pete Muir wrote:
>>> 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?