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Re: [p2-dev] URLs, URIs, and IDs (oh my)
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Hi Jeff,
Jeff McAffer wrote:
I'm thinking of something that would be equivalent to
foo(IPath path) {
path = path.removeLastSegments(2);
path = path.append("foo");
path = path.addFileExtension(".txt");
File file = path.toFile();
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
}
Many of the usecases don't really involve ECF at all (parish the
thought :-).
That's good! (at least for ECF anyway :)
In the broader Equinox/Eclipse context what we need is generic, handy
and effcinet ways of manipulating path-like structures. Sometimes
they are for files, sometimes URL-like things, ... The real
challenge in this space is in encoding and all the UNC/platform
whackiness and the conversion between the different forms (e.g., new
URL(<unc string>).getPath() does not give you what yoy might hope for).
How do you see IDs fitting in? Would the adapter facility allow people
to convert between the different forms?
In a word, 'yes'.
e.g.
IPath path = (IPath) fileID.getAdapter(IPath.class);
// call foo above
Scott
