| [Xtend] apply a function with multiple arguments on all elements of a list [message #527519] |
Thu, 15 April 2010 10:00  |
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Having a list and another argument, I want to modify the elements of that list calling an extension, but that extension has other arguments.
I can do it using a recursive Xtend extension which would (kind of) look like that
List[Type] function(List[Type] l,Property p) :
if l.isEmpty then {}
else
whateverTreatment(l.first(),p).addAll(function(l.withoutfirst(),p));
Type whateverTreatment(Type t, Property p)
Is there a way to do it without the recursion (and without create extensions)?
[Updated on: Thu, 15 April 2010 10:00] by Moderator |
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| Re: [Xtend] apply a function with multiple arguments on all elements of a list [message #527712 is a reply to message #527519] |
Fri, 16 April 2010 03:55  |
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Thanks
The eclipse documentation states, about the collect extension :
| Quote: | collect
As shown in the previous section, the select and reject operations always result in a sub-collection of the original collection. Sometimes one wants to specify a collection which is derived from another collection, but which contains objects that are not in the original collection (it is not a sub-collection). In such cases, we can use a collect operation. The collect operation uses the same syntax as the select and reject and is written like this:
collection.collect(v | expression-with-v)
collect again iterates over the target collection and evaluates the given expression on each element. In contrast to select, the evaluation result is collected in a list. When an iteration is finished the list with all results is returned. Example:
namedElements.collect(ne | ne.name) // returns a list of strings
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Reading this, I did not really understand all that this extension could be used for, so I'd like to suggest a modification of this paragraph :
| Quote: | collect
As shown in the previous section, the select and reject operations always result in a sub-collection of the original collection. Sometimes one wants to apply an operation on all elements of the collection. In such cases, we can use a collect operation. In contrast to select (and reject), the evaluation result is collected in a list. The collect operation uses the same syntax as the select and reject and is written like this:
collection.collect(v | expression-with-v)
collect again iterates over the target collection and evaluates the given expression on each element. When an iteration is finished the list with all results is returned. Example:
namedElements.collect(ne | ne.name) // returns a list of strings
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What are your thoughts about this ?
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| Re: [Xtend] apply a function with multiple arguments on all elements of a list [message #527735 is a reply to message #527712] |
Fri, 16 April 2010 05:57 |
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Looks good. Please file a bugzilla.
Sven
Maxime Lecourt schrieb:
> Thanks
>
> The eclipse documentation states, about the collect extension :
> Quote:
>> collect
>>
>> As shown in the previous section, the select and reject operations
>> always result in a sub-collection of the original collection.
>> Sometimes one wants to specify a collection which is derived from
>> another collection, but which contains objects that are not in the
>> original collection (it is not a sub-collection). In such cases, we
>> can use a collect operation. The collect operation uses the same
>> syntax as the select and reject and is written like this:
>>
>> collection.collect(v | expression-with-v)
>>
>> collect again iterates over the target collection and evaluates the
>> given expression on each element. In contrast to select, the
>> evaluation result is collected in a list. When an iteration is
>> finished the list with all results is returned. Example:
>>
>> namedElements.collect(ne | ne.name) // returns a list of strings
>
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>
> Reading this, I did not really understand all that this extension could
> be used for, so I'd like to suggest a modification of this paragraph :
>
> Quote:
>> collect
>>
>> As shown in the previous section, the select and reject operations
>> always result in a sub-collection of the original collection.
>> Sometimes one wants to apply an operation on all elements of the
>> collection. In such cases, we can use a collect operation. In contrast
>> to select (and reject), the evaluation result is collected in a list.
>> The collect operation uses the same syntax as the select and reject
>> and is written like this:
>>
>> collection.collect(v | expression-with-v)
>>
>> collect again iterates over the target collection and evaluates the
>> given expression on each element. When an iteration is finished the
>> list with all results is returned. Example:
>>
>> namedElements.collect(ne | ne.name) // returns a list of strings
>
>
> What are your thoughts about this ?
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