[udig-devel] Re: [Geotools-devel] Filter to be immutable?

[Justin Deoliveira]

+1.

If you make the changes I will review. Then we hunt down where any 
setters on the interfaces are being used and replace them with factory 
methods. Should be pretty painless.

-Justin

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Guys I *really* want to make filter and expression immutable - but I 
> need your help (ie vast agreement and a "mandate" to go fix the GeoAPI 
> interfaces before we start using them in anger).
> 
> Any suggestions on how to proceed without annoying others would be 
> great; the coding thing is easy on this one.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jody
> 
> Andrea Aime wrote:
>> They should be immutable IMHO... but the even the filter interfaces do 
>> allow for modification after the filter is built, and nothing is stated
>> in the javadoc.
>> In a perfect world filters should take their arguments during
>> construction and then be immbutable. Maybe in gt2 2.4 things are better,
>> how's the situation with the new Filter interfaces?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
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Justin Deoliveira
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