ImageView should have shorthand creation function

[Kirill.Prazdnikov]

Method #2 allows returning null, which i think is nice.

-Kirill

On 08-Dec-11 13:12, Lubomir Nerad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-6554. It 
> requests to add a possibility to create image view and its image from 
> url in one step. What I think should be discussed is whether to add 
> this as a new constructor to the ImageView class or as a static 
> factory method.
>
> So the options are:
>
> 1) public ImageView(String url) { ... }
> 2) public static ImageView image(String url) { ... }  (or another name)
>
> Unless we expect that we will need more possibilities for image 
> specification (more shorthand creation methods) in the future, I am 
> leaning towards option 1.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Lubo
>