On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent@massol.net> wrote:

Hi devs,

I've already sent a proposal for EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder (see http://markmail.org/message/ewbizvcx4zj432il) but only Sergiu answered. So resending as a VOTE and adding ToStringBuilder

For ToStringBuilder the idea is to create a XWikiStyle (see https://gist.github.com/2164507 )

What about a XWikiToStringBuilder (or just ToStringBuilder since it's in a XWiki package which makes it different already) which extends ToStringBuilder and set XWikiStyle as default style ?

And then to use it as in:

   @Override    public String toString()    {        ToStringBuilder builder = new ToStringBuilder(this, new XWikiStyle());        builder = builder.append("Typed", isTyped())            .append("Type", getType().getScheme());

       if (getReference() != null) {            builder = builder.append("Reference", getReference());        }

       if (!getBaseReferences().isEmpty()) {            builder = builder.append("Base References", getBaseReferences());        }

       Map<String, String> params = getParameters();        if (!params.isEmpty()) {            builder = builder.append("Parameters", params);        }

       return builder.toString();    }

For the record this generates stuff like the following which is based on our current practices: "Typed = [true] Type = [doc] Reference = [reference] Base References = [[baseref1], [baseref2]] Parameters = [[name1] = [value1], [name2] = [value2]]"

The rationale for using ToStringBuilder is: * It reduces our boilerplate code by at least 50% * It makes all our toString implementation consistent and easy to write

Now all that remains is to decide where to put the XWikiStyle class. Of course it has to go in XWiki Commons somewhere but where?

I'm proposing several possibilities: * xwiki-commons-logging (existing module): the rationale would be that the toString() is usually used for logging. The package would be org.xwiki.logging.text. I'm wondering if we should make this class internal too. * xwiki-commons-text (new module): I'm not sure what else we would put in there * xwiki-commons-util (new module): I don't like to have a module with no specific domain but it could be temporary till there are more stuff that make a domain

* xwiki-commons-lang (new module): to follow the same logic as Apache commons naming.

So here's my +1.

+1, I'm already using HashCodeBuilder and EqualsBuilder when the equals is starting to be complex (I tough I had answered to the mail actually :))

My only doubt is where to put it. Right now I'd be tempted to put it in xwiki-commons-logging so that we don't create a new module.

I'm not sure either. I would say +1 for xwiki-commons-lang with as less dependencies as possible (probably only apache commons-lang), if we want all module to use it as standard toString lets make it as light as possible. Right now there is very few modules that need logging-api (it's not required to log) so I would prefer avoid having to put it in dependency only for a toString. It would also avoid circular dependency issues if for example we want to us XWiki ToStringBuilder in any of logging-api dependencies like observation-api or components-api. Other possibility is xwiki-commons-component-api since everything already depends on it but it's not really component domain so I don't like it too much.

Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

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I have implemented it locally here if you wish to have a look at both the implementation and its usage: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/bf7e97690685a7864eae592a508b... Thanks -Vincent On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Vincent Massol wrote:

Hi devs,

I've already sent a proposal for EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder (see http://markmail.org/message/ewbizvcx4zj432il) but only Sergiu answered. So resending as a VOTE and adding ToStringBuilder

For ToStringBuilder the idea is to create a XWikiStyle (see https://gist.github.com/2164507 ) And then to use it as in:

@Override public String toString() { ToStringBuilder builder = new ToStringBuilder(this, new XWikiStyle()); builder = builder.append("Typed", isTyped()) .append("Type", getType().getScheme());

if (getReference() != null) { builder = builder.append("Reference", getReference()); }

if (!getBaseReferences().isEmpty()) { builder = builder.append("Base References", getBaseReferences()); }

Map<String, String> params = getParameters(); if (!params.isEmpty()) { builder = builder.append("Parameters", params); }

return builder.toString(); }

For the record this generates stuff like the following which is based on our current practices: "Typed = [true] Type = [doc] Reference = [reference] Base References = [[baseref1], [baseref2]] Parameters = [[name1] = [value1], [name2] = [value2]]"

The rationale for using ToStringBuilder is: * It reduces our boilerplate code by at least 50% * It makes all our toString implementation consistent and easy to write

Now all that remains is to decide where to put the XWikiStyle class. Of course it has to go in XWiki Commons somewhere but where?

I'm proposing several possibilities: * xwiki-commons-logging (existing module): the rationale would be that the toString() is usually used for logging. The package would be org.xwiki.logging.text. I'm wondering if we should make this class internal too. * xwiki-commons-text (new module): I'm not sure what else we would put in there * xwiki-commons-util (new module): I don't like to have a module with no specific domain but it could be temporary till there are more stuff that make a domain

So here's my +1. My only doubt is where to put it. Right now I'd be tempted to put it in xwiki-commons-logging so that we don't create a new module.

Thanks -Vincent

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Vincent Massol <vincent@massol.net> wrote:

Hi devs,

I've already sent a proposal for EqualsBuilder and HashCodeBuilder (see http://markmail.org/message/ewbizvcx4zj432il) but only Sergiu answered. So resending as a VOTE and adding ToStringBuilder

For ToStringBuilder the idea is to create a XWikiStyle (see https://gist.github.com/2164507 ) And then to use it as in:

   @Override    public String toString()    {        ToStringBuilder builder = new ToStringBuilder(this, new XWikiStyle());        builder = builder.append("Typed", isTyped())            .append("Type", getType().getScheme());

       if (getReference() != null) {            builder = builder.append("Reference", getReference());        }

       if (!getBaseReferences().isEmpty()) {            builder = builder.append("Base References", getBaseReferences());        }

       Map<String, String> params = getParameters();        if (!params.isEmpty()) {            builder = builder.append("Parameters", params);        }

       return builder.toString();    }

For the record this generates stuff like the following which is based on our current practices: "Typed = [true] Type = [doc] Reference = [reference] Base References = [[baseref1], [baseref2]] Parameters = [[name1] = [value1], [name2] = [value2]]"

The rationale for using ToStringBuilder is: * It reduces our boilerplate code by at least 50% * It makes all our toString implementation consistent and easy to write

Now all that remains is to decide where to put the XWikiStyle class. Of course it has to go in XWiki Commons somewhere but where?

I'm proposing several possibilities: * xwiki-commons-logging (existing module): the rationale would be that the toString() is usually used for logging. The package would be org.xwiki.logging.text. I'm wondering if we should make this class internal too. * xwiki-commons-text (new module): I'm not sure what else we would put in there

+1 Thanks, Marius

* xwiki-commons-util (new module): I don't like to have a module with no specific domain but it could be temporary till there are more stuff that make a domain

So here's my +1. My only doubt is where to put it. Right now I'd be tempted to put it in  xwiki-commons-logging so that we don't create a new module.

Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs