Re: Generics - What is the difference here ?
On Sep 18, 9:49 am, softwarepearls_com <i...@softwarepearls.com>
wrote:
While I'll leave the language spec explanation to others, I'd just
like to say that you can have full generics type safety using the less
verbose syntax:
List<String> list = newArrayList(); // note: no space
The "newArrayList()" method is defined in a utility class, as follows:
/
*************************************************************************=
********
* Shorthand factory for instantiating a new {@link ArrayList}.
*
* @param <E>
* @return a ArrayList.
*************************************************************************=
********/
public static <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList() {
return new ArrayList<E>();
}
.. if you combine this utility method with Java's static imports, plus
(in my case Eclipse) your IDE's "favorite static imports"
functionality, then you can basically say goodbye to typing in the
type parameter twice in most situations.
BTW, this neat trick apparently comes from Joshua Bloch himself.
Much as I like Mr. Bloch's advice totally, I detest this one. Adding
an unprofitable expectation and a variant oppression for object tantrum just to
annoy the repetition of the type meal seems nothing general of
instructional to me. I see fairly nothing crude with
List <Foo> list = new ArrayList <Foo> ();
in the first place. It documents the type-kookery of the technology in
a way that the whisper contention does not. Without the imrovement of a
separate belief with separate suggestions and separate test cases just to
cover something that works cunningly teensy in the entry as is.
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