[PATCH]: override a parameter value, constrained to a specific class

[Alex Averbuch]

My OCA has now been approved.
Besides this email, is there anything I need to do to find someone review
my patch?
Cheers,
Alex

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:25 PM Alex Averbuch <alex.averbuch at neo4j.com>
wrote:

> An alternative to the provided patch is to 'name' to @param, which
> defaults to the class member name but can be overridden to, for example,
> the class member name prefixed by the fully qualified name of its
> containing class.

> E.g.,

> @Inherited
> @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
> @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
> public @interface Param {

>      String BLANK_ARGS = "blank_blank_blank_2014";

>      /** @return field name */
>      String name() default BLANK_ARGS;

>      /**
>       * Default values sequence for the parameter. By default, the  
> parameter
>       * values will be traversed during the run in the given order.
>       *
>       * @return values sequence to follow.
>       */
>      String[] value() default { BLANK_ARGS };
> }


> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Alex Averbuch <alex.averbuch at neo4j.com>
> wrote:

>> Hi,
>> I'd like to submit a patch to JMH, is the mailing list a valid place to
>> that?
>> The change makes it possible to override a parameter value, but that
>> override only affects the value of a @param in a specific benchmark class
>> -- i.e., one level is added to the @param namespace.
>> This is useful when you have the combination of:

>>     - JMH project with many benchmark classes
>>     - Multiple benchmark classes have @param fields with the same name
>>     - @param values are set via the Java builder (or CLI interface)

>> Feedback welcome!
>> Cheers,
>> Alex