[Jython-dev] Map interface for PyDictionary and List interface for PyList? Also, cgi.FieldStorage and Cookie.SimpleCookie Java classes...

[Chris K. <cla...@ca...>]

All, I would like to use PyLists and PyDictionaries interchangably between
Java and Jython.  I thought of subclassing PyDictionary and implementing the
Map interface, but there's a name collision with the "values()" method (as
PyDictionary returns a PyList.  Friggin' Java and it's lack of return type
overloading.)

Needless to say, I thought of one other way, modify the PyList and
PyDictionary classes so that they implement the above-mentioned interfaces.
Given that they use Java classes under the hood that do support these
interfaces, these methods would simply be a pass-through to the protected
object's methods by the same name.

Additionally, given that PyLists would (indirectly) implement the Collection
interface, the values() method would make both Jython and Java happy.

I can probably perform these changes and send a patch set out via
e-mail...Interested?

Also, one other thing of note:  I've been trying to execute CGI scripts
under the Servlet architecture without having to make code mods to the
Python script (or at least making minimal changes.)  As such, I've
implemented a cgi.FieldStorage class in Java that acts like the CPython
equivalent, as well as a Java class equivalent for Cookie.SimpleCookie.
They're surely not fully-fleshed out and may have bugs but I would be quite
happy to send the source out via e-mail or post them to an appropriate site.
It might be worthwhile to include them as standard libraries once the bugs
are all worked out and they're fully compatable with the CPython
equivalents.