Re: Re: Re: [Webmacro-devel] ContexTool change info Wiki

[Keats <ke...@su...>]

The point is that you're not getting a Variable, you're getting a value that will be referenced through a Variable.  A variable is a specific thing in WM and I don't want to muddy the concepts any more than we have to.  

If you don't like getResource() how about just get()?

Keats


-------Original Message-------
From: Marc Palmer <ma...@an...>
Sent: 07/28/03 04:44 PM
To: ke...@su..., la...@op...
Subject: Re: Re: [Webmacro-devel] ContexTool change info Wiki

> 
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:37:59 -0400 (GMT), Keats <ke...@su...> wrote:

> I have to quibble with the method name getVariable().  We're not getting 

> a Variable, we're getting an Object.  More specifically we're getting an 

> object that is deployed as a resource to the context.  This may seem 
> trivial, but I think this name could be a major source of confusion in 
> the future (as some of our other names have been).

I see your point, but surely that's what we -are-actually doing. i.e. the 
things that are in the Context are colloquially called "variables" (i.e. 
template variables) and as such I think it makes sense.

> So maybe it should be:
>
> AutoContextLoader.getResource()
>
> or alternatively:
>
> getHelper()
> getPlugin()
> getValue()
> getObject()
> get()
> retrieve()
> getThingie()
> ...
>
> Since what can be returned is totally generic, it's hard to come up with 

> a meaningful name.  getResource() seems best to me, but any of the above 

> would be better than getVariable.

getResource sounds too much like loading files/URLs IMO.

How about newContextVariable( name, context) ?

Marc

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