[stringtemplate-interest] ST4: varargs version of add ?

[Terence Parr]

It's a good idea, i'm just trying to keep ST as braindead simple as possible for ports and such.  

Ter
On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Collin Fagan wrote:

> Yes, I'm sorry if it's too trivial but varags is around mostly for convenience and I though this would a convient place to put it. 
> 
> Collin
> 
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
> isn't that just
> 
> st.add("names", "parrt");
> st.add("names", "tombu");
> 
> then?
> 
> Ter
> 
> On Feb 4, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Collin Fagan wrote:
> 
>> Yes thats it. It removes the necessity for Arrays.asList() or new Object[] when you want to add just a specific few items.
>> 
>> Collin
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
>> Hi. I was thinking about this but wasn't sure about it. so the usage is something like:
>> 
>> st.add("names", "parrt", "tombu", "dmose");
>> 
>> Is that what you're thinking?
>> 
>> Ter
>> 
>> On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Collin Fagan wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I find I would like to pass multiple items to add. Would it be possible  to get a varargs version of add?
>> >
>> > Maybe something like this?
>> >
>> >    public synchronized void add(String name, Object value, Object ... moreValues) {
>> >        List<Object> allObjects = new ArrayList<Object>();
>> >        allObjects.add(value);
>> >        Collections.addAll(allObjects, moreValues);
>> >        add(name, allObjects);
>> >    }
>> >
>> > Of course this isn't the most efficient implementation one could write but we could deal with that if anyone liked the idea of a varargs add.
>> >
>> > Collin
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