FlatMapper

[Joe Bowbeer]

A verb that had some relation to "flat" would be nice - instead of explode,
which doesn't.

flatten
extrude
??
 On Feb 12, 2013 10:42 AM, "Brian Goetz" <brian.goetz at oracle.com> 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);
>     }
> }
>