[VELOCITY-219] Velocity list operator should return a Java List reference rather than ArrayList reference

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.5
• Component/s: Engine
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: All
• Bugzilla Id: 24203
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Rall
• Created: 29/Oct/03 11:47
• Updated: 08/Mar/07 00:04
• Resolved: 06/Nov/06 21:20

Description

In the 1.x releases of Velocity, the list operator [] returns an ArrayList
reference instead of a List reference. In the future (2.x), a cleaner API would
be to return a List reference.