Inconveniences when using inner classes in Ivy Script

Genzer Hawker — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:13:17 -0400

Suppose I have two classes, each of them provides Builder API.

// This is in Ivy Script
import example.Person.Builder;

Builder errorPersonBuilder = new Person.Builder(); // this line generates a compilation error saying class Person.Builder not found.

Builder workingPersonBuilder = new Builder(); // this works.

It is still OK if there is only one Builder inside the context. As soon as there is another:

// This is in Ivy Script
import example.Person.Builder;
import example.Company.Builder; // compilation error of collision, there are two classes named Builder.


Builder workingPersonBuilder = new Builder(); // this works, see above.

Builder anotherBuilder = new Builder(); // which builder?

If Ivy Script could supports the same as normal Java, we could do:

import example.Person.Builder;
import example.Company.Builder;

Person.Builder personBuilder = new Person.Builder();
Company.Builder companyBuilder = new Company.Builder();

Should this be supported in Ivy Script?

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Inconveniences when using inner classes in Ivy Script