[bv-dev] Name for path nodes representing return values

[Sebastian Thomschke]

What if there is a property or method called "returnValue"? I think the 
constant string returned should contain a character that is not legal 
for java identifier names. E.g. a white space.

seb

On 08.02.2013 12:51, Gunnar Morling wrote:
> Experts,
>
> another issue where we need some feedback is BVAL-368, which is about 
> the name of path nodes representing return values.
>
> As per the current draft, Node#getName() returns null in that case. 
> Question is, whether we should return something more meaningful, and 
> if so, which value.
>
> The RI used to return "$retval" before we change this to match the 
> spec. Another obvious option would be "returnValue". Having a 
> standardized node name for return value nodes would also help with 
> better toString() implementations for j.v.Path (although that's not 
> standardized).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Gunnar
>
> [1] https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-368
>
>
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