[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JGRP-1360) getXXXAddress() protocol methods are annoying

getXXXAddress() protocol methods are annoying --------------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-1360 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1360 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Enhancement Affects Versions: 2.12.1 Reporter: Paul Ferraro Assignee: Bela Ban Priority: Minor Fix For: 3.0 This one has been bothering me for a while. Typically, when an object exposes JavaBean-style methods such as getBindAddress() and setBindAddress(String), one expects a certain level of idempotency. For example: TP transport; String address = "127.0.0.1"; transport.setBindAddress(address); Assert.assertEquals(address, transport.getBindAddress()); However, the assertion fails, because getBindAddress() returns the toString() of the InetAddress composed during setBindAddress(). InetAddress.toString() returns a combination of the host name, and a resolved host address. Therefore, "127.0.0.1" != "/127.0.0.1" More annoying, however, is the inability to do transport.setBindAddress(transport.getBindAddress()), since the result of getBindAddress() is not a valid address as expected by setBindAddress(String). It would be great if all the getXXXAddress() methods returned the result of InetAddress.getHostAddress(). 3.0 is a perfect opportunity to make this kind of change.