FlatMapper

[Joe Bowbeer]

I'm not opposed to explode, but I think it would be better to find a verb
that is related to flattening.  Extrude is better in that regard than
explode.

extrudeInto
mapAndExtrude

On the downside, 'explode' has more hacker cred than 'extrude'.

 --Joe


On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com>wrote:

> OK, so far we have:
>  - Joe asks for a better method name -- no suggestions other than
> mapAndFlatten
>  - No consensus on whether this goes into JUS or JUF.
>
>
>
>
> On 2/12/2013 1:41 PM, Brian Goetz wrote:
>
>> Here's where things have currently landed with FlatMapper -- this is a
>> type in java.util.stream, with nested specializations.
>>
>> Full bikeshed season is now open.  Are we OK with the name
>> explodeInto()?  Is this general enough to join the ranks of Function and
>> Supplier as top-level types in java.util.function?
>>
>> @FunctionalInterface
>> public interface FlatMapper<T, U> {
>>      void explodeInto(T element, Consumer<U> sink);
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface ToInt<T> {
>>          void explodeInto(T element, IntConsumer sink);
>>      }
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface ToLong<T> {
>>          void explodeInto(T element, LongConsumer sink);
>>      }
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface ToDouble<T> {
>>          void explodeInto(T element, DoubleConsumer sink);
>>      }
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface OfIntToInt {
>>          void explodeInto(int element, IntConsumer sink);
>>      }
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface OfLongToLong {
>>          void explodeInto(long element, LongConsumer sink);
>>      }
>>
>>      @FunctionalInterface
>>      interface OfDoubleToDouble {
>>          void explodeInto(double element, DoubleConsumer sink);
>>      }
>> }
>>
>