Name: sg39081 Date: 04/14/2000


java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-001, native threads, symcjit)

The JavaBeans specification described naming conventions for two
types of write methods for indexed properties:

  void setProperty(int index, PropertyType value);
  void setProperty(PropertyType values[]);

It's very common that indexed properties are used to hold values that
are added successively in JSP pages, for instance a property that
holds items in a shopping cart where new items are added in separate
requests. I therefore suggest adding a new type of setter method:

  void addProperty(PropertyType value);

This method adds the new value at the next available index in
the property.

Methods to remove items of an indexed property would also be
nice, e.g.:

  PropertyType removeProperty(PropertyType value);
     Returns the first occurance of value in the indexed property
     and removes it from the collection.

  PropertyType removeProperty(int index);
     Returns the specified indexed value and removes it from the
     collection.

Removing a value like this would adjust the collection to fill
the hole left by the removed value.
(Review ID: 103682)
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