[infinispan-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (ISPN-748) provide an API to expose core operations omitting return values as safe alternative to Flags

[Manik Surtani (JIRA)]

     [ https://jira.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-748?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Manik Surtani updated ISPN-748:
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    Fix Version/s: 5.0.0.ALPHA1
                       (was: 5.0.0.BETA1)


> provide an API to expose core operations omitting return values as safe alternative to Flags
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>                 Key: ISPN-748
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-748
>             Project: Infinispan
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Core API
>            Reporter: Sanne Grinovero
>            Assignee: Manik Surtani
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 5.0.0.ALPHA1, 5.0.0.Final
>
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> On mailing list we discussed the possibility to provide the same methods as defined by Map but omitting return values.
> This would be useful for those cases in which return values are not needed, so that Infinispan can enable all possible optimizations to disregard retrieveing an appropriate return value.
> Several alternatives where proposed, and there's also an interesting proposal to do the same relating to async methods, and the combination of async+noReturn
> A suggestion:
> cache.noReturnValue().remote(K); //returns void and enables both flags SKIP_CACHE_LOAD and SKIP_REMOTE_LOOKUP.
> The advantage is that people refactoring code don't have to remember to adjust flags according to using the return value or not, or would at least get a compiler error in case of abuse of method; also Infinispan might introduce more optimizations in future and apply them without code changes for new flags arising.
> See all discussion started by: http://lists.jboss.org/pipermail/infinispan-dev/2010-October/006484.html

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