Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:26:07 -0800
Hi
I have two feature requests concerning fullCopy():
When a node is copied with fullCopy(), then the parent field is also copied. This means that some inherited attributes work on the copy even before it is placed in a new position in the tree (and some can give wrong values). However, this might not always be desired, and can also mask bugs. I suggest that the parent field is set to null in the copy.
All non-abstract node types override fullCopy(), and thus the following will compile clean:
A newA = getA().fullCopy();
However, for abstract node types it will need a cast, since the return value of fullCopy() will be the nearest non-abstract superclass.
I suggest that the following declaration is added to all abstract node types:
public abstract A fullCopy();
Where A is the name of the node type. This would mean that the return type of B.fullCopy() would be B for all node types B.
Jesper
Jesper MATTSSON, MSc
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