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  2. ISPN-5704 Enhancements for Functional Map API
  3. ISPN-5849

AutoCloseable return from adding listeners can be clunky to use

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      On one side, to use it as a try-with-resource, you need to declare it right in the try();

            try(AutoCloseable handler = writeOnlyMap.listeners().onWrite(written ->
                  System.out.printf("Written (via onWrite): %s%n", written.get()))) {
               Map<String, String> entries = new HashMap<>();
               entries.put("key1", "value1");
               entries.put("key2", "value2");
      
               writeOnlyMap.evalMany(entries, (v, writeView) -> writeView.set(v))
                  .get(); // Wait for completable future
            }
      

      So its usability is mostly designed for unit tests since listeners tend to be set and removed at a later stage. IOW, listeners are not generally a short-lived object.

      The other aspect that is clunky to use is the fact that AutoCloseable's close() throws Exception, which again makes it ackward to use for example if lambdas.

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              rh-ee-galder Galder ZamarreƱo
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