> Why not use put a Generic parameter on the base classes like
> PrimitiveAssert (a bit like the Enum generics).
> Why? I think you can move up quick a bit of code that is now contained
> in the subclass to support the Fluent API.
> Example:
> public abstract class PrimitiveAssert<T extends PrimitiveAssert<T>>
> extends Assert {

> So the as method can now move up and become part of the
> PrimitiveAssert:
>        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
>        public T as(String description) {
>                description(description);
>                return (T) this;
>        }

> Even do, it contains a supress warning, it absolutely safe. Just try
> it...
> I tested it and it works fine.

> If you choise to implement this, you could move up quite a lot of
> code, which of course has a lot of benefits... :)

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> There is already a task that involves removing PrimitiveAssert and
> consolidate everything under one base class. It is part of the fix for
> FEST-133 (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/FEST-133) :)

> Cheers,
> -Alex

> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Ed <post2edb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hellu,

> > Why not use put a Generic parameter on the base classes like
> > PrimitiveAssert (a bit like the Enum generics).
> > Why? I think you can move up quick a bit of code that is now contained
> > in the subclass to support the Fluent API.
> > Example:
> > public abstract class PrimitiveAssert<T extends PrimitiveAssert<T>>
> > extends Assert {

> > So the as method can now move up and become part of the
> > PrimitiveAssert:
> >        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
> >        public T as(String description) {
> >                description(description);
> >                return (T) this;
> >        }

> > Even do, it contains a supress warning, it absolutely safe. Just try
> > it...
> > I tested it and it works fine.

> > If you choise to implement this, you could move up quite a lot of
> > code, which of course has a lot of benefits... :)

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