Re: [udig-devel] commands deprecation and consistency

[Jesse Eichar <jeichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not true.  It was just forgotten.

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Okay here is what a little research shows:
> - NavigationCommandFactory has createCompositeCommand(  NavComamnds[] )
> - SelectionCommandFactory has createCompositeCommand( List<MapCommands> )
> - SelectionCommandFactory has createUndoableCompositeCommand( 
> List<UndoableMapCommands> )
> - EditCommandFactory does not have any compound command methods
>
> So my guess is the fact that there is no composite command for 
> EditCommands is deliberate, and they are intended to be fined grained 
> and controlled by commit / revert?  I would still like to consider a 
> composite edit commands for the situation where a process is modifying 
> several things at once.
>
> The other idea to avoid depreceated code worked out okay, I will wait 
> to speak to Jesse before committing.
> Jody
> > Hi Jesse, we got a little stuck today updating some old command based 
> > code.
> >
> > In particular it took us several minuets to find out that the 
> > SelectionCommandFactory is actually responsible for making composite 
> > commands. Is there any chance we can set up a CommandFactory 
> > superclass that contains this often needed method?
> >
> > In particular we were updating code that:
> > - modifed the edit feature attirbute by attribute
> > - made the change available using a command
> > - and then sent off
> >
> > Since this is obviously the use case you have been fixing for uDig 
> > 1.1 the method was no longer available.
> >
> > We are changing this to:
> > - a series of SetAttributeCommands
> > - grouped in a compound command
> > - and then sent off
> >
> > We also have a problem with deprecation:
> > - net.refractions.udig.project.command.factory.EditCommandFactory 
> > extends the deprecated class
> > - net.refractions.udig.project.command.EditCommandFactory
> >
> > Is it possible to reverse this relationship, so we do not have to 
> > make use of deprecated code.
> > Jody
> >
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