Subject: Re: [EGIT PATCH] Provide a more JavaBeans-style 'getName' accessor for the id Signed-off-by: Alex Blewitt <[email-masked]>

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:20:49 -0700

Alex Blewitt <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2009, at 21:59, "Shawn O." <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>>> ./org/spearce/jgit/revwalk/RevTag.java:206: getName() in
>>>> org.spearce.jgit.revwalk.RevTag cannot override getName() in
>>>> org.spearce.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId; overridden method is final
>>
>> I can't apply this patch because getName() on RevTag is already
>> defined with a different meaning.  :-(
>
> That sounds dangerous. We now have a .name() and a .getName() with  
> different semantics. Can we not change the RevTag method name to  
> something else so that we dont have an inconsistency?

Good point.  We didn't think that RevTag.getName method through
very well.  Rename it to getTagName() ?

-- 
Shawn.