Re: chaining serializer calls

> when i was using XmlSerializer i have realized it would be very handy to
> be able to chain serialization calls by returning this XmlSerializer instance
> from all void serialization calls, ex:
> 
>  ser.startTag("", "foo");
>  ser.text("test");
>  ser.endTag("", "foo");
> 
> would could be written as:
> 
>  ser.startTag("", "foo").text("test").endTag("", "foo");
> 
> what do you think about it?

In my opinion, it does not buy too much, and the chain would be 
broken where methods have "real" return values. So I think it 
would create more confusion than really help.

Best,
Stefan

-- 
Stefan Haustein
Univ. Dortmund, FB 4, LS 8   tel: +49 231 755 2499
Baroper Str. 301             fax: +49 231 755 5105
D-44221 Dortmund (Germany)   www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de