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Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes

From: Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
To: xom-interest <xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:19:13 -0500

Steve Loughran wrote:

Given that Nodes is implemented by a List internally, the cost of
adding a method to access it is pretty low:

public iterator() { return nodes.iterator();}

This would make it trivial to bridge over into java 5 iterators,
instead of trying to re-implement a list iterator, which is the sole
option today.

Thoughts?

That either requires Java 5 or violates type-safety. And it violates the "there's exactly one way to do it" principle.

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[XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Steve Loughran, 10/31/2006
- Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Randall R Schulz, 10/31/2006
  - Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Steve Loughran, 10/31/2006
    - Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Randall R Schulz, 10/31/2006
    - Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Ed Davies, 10/31/2006
      - Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Steve Loughran, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Christian Vest Hansen, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Michael Kay, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Steve Loughran, 10/31/2006
- Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006
  - Re: [XOM-interest] adding an iterator() method to nodes, Steve Loughran, 10/31/2006
    - [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Wolfgang Hoschek, 10/31/2006
      - Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Wolfgang Hoschek, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Christian Vest Hansen, 10/31/2006
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Wolfgang Hoschek, 10/31/2006
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Elliotte Harold, 10/31/2006
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] adding NamespaceContext.getNamespaces(), Michael Kay, 10/31/2006