Question: Primitives functioanl classes

[Paul Sandoz]

On Nov 19, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Boaz Nahum <boaznahum at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see that in some cases you preserve the original method name
> 
> IntUnaryOperator {
> 
>    public default Integer operate(Integer operand) { return operate((int)
> operand); }
> 
>    public int operate(int operand);
> -----------------------------------------------------
> IntBlock {
>    public default void accept(Integer t) { apply((int) t); }
> 
>    public void apply(int t);
> 

There is a glitch in IntBlock we need to fix. The method names are inconsistent, it should be "accept(int i)".


> 
> But in others, you introduce new method name:
> 
> IntFunction {
> 
>     public default Integer apply(T t) { return applyAsInt(t); }
> 
>    public int applyAsInt(T t)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> IntSupplier {
> 
>    public default Integer get() { return getAsInt(); }
> 
>    public int getAsInt()
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> What problems were caused when tried to persevere the original name in the
> last two examples
> 

The return type is different.

Paul.