[dna-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (DNA-266) Improve usability of graph API with additional methods

[Randall Hauch (JIRA)]

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Randall Hauch commented on DNA-266:
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Added additional methods for setting the values of properties, overloading with the different types allowed for property values (e.g., boolean, int, Path, Name, etc.).  This resulted in quite a bit more code (that is all pretty straightforward), but this detriment is outweighed by the API being more useful and clear.

> Improve usability of graph API with additional methods
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DNA-266
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/DNA-266
>             Project: DNA
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: API, Graph
>    Affects Versions: 0.3
>            Reporter: Randall Hauch
>            Assignee: Randall Hauch
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.4
>
>
> Provide an easy way to set references to nodes as property values.  Currently, one has to get the node, obtain a reference value factory, create the reference, then set the property using that value.  It's pretty impossible to make a single chained call that does all this.
> Also, provide additional flexibility when setting properties.  Currently, the only way to set a property is to do the following:
>         graph.set("propName").to("value").on("/node1");
> but it would also be nice to reverse the "on" and "to" methods, such as:
>         graph.set("propName").on("/node1").to("value");

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