FlatMapper

[Brian Goetz]

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);
>      }
> }