Support for generic types in containers #1401
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| * Instances of this class will throw UnsupportedOperationException for {@link #convert(String)} method. | ||
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| public static final class UseDefaultConverter implements ITypeConverter<Object> { |
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Do we need to introduce this UseDefaultConverter class as part of this PR?
Applications can use the CommandLine::registerConverter method:
new CommandLine(new MyApp())
.registerConverter(GenericValue.class, GenericValueConverter.class)
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UseDefaultConverter is only for use cases when we need to provide converters for multiple parameters and for some of them we simple want to use default, e.g.:
@Option(names = "-D", converter = {UseDefaultConverter.class, GenericValueConverter.class})
Map<String, GenericValue<?>> values;In this case I would need to provided custom convert for String class also since BuiltIt.StringConverter is private.
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I understand that. Is there any issue with using the CommandLine::registerConverter method to register the GenericValueConverter?
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With global registration there may be issue with type erasure. If I want to use two different converters for same GenericValue<T> (e.g. in one parameter GenericValue<Integer> and in other GenericValue<String>) then I won't be able to this with CommandLine::registerConverter
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Okay, I see now, thanks for the clarification. Without the I like to add a bit more functionality before doing a 4.7.0 release, so this may take a bit more time. Would you be open to the idea of splitting this up? |
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Improvement for issue #1396. This will also add
CommandLine.UseDefaultConverterwhich can be used as marker for default converter fallback.