Re: Strange problem with .jar and .class files

From:
Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:34:51 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<23773727.883.1326497691492.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prli40>
On Friday, January 13, 2012 9:55:25 AM UTC-8, Jeff Higgins wrote:

On 01/13/2012 10:40 AM, Lew wrote:

On 01/13/2012 01:08 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:

On 01/13/2012 03:41 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:

On 01/13/2012 12:05 AM, Lew wrote:

Jeff Higgins wrote:

If I look at for instance Javolution library, their build process
includes a
non-standard text substitution step to include or not Java generics=

..

??!


A method signature in the .templates.javolution.text package:
public final Appendable/*TextBuilder*/ append(char c)
becomes
public final Appendable<TextBuilder> append(char c)
in the javolution.text package before compilation.


or not, depending upon the build parameters.


And again I say,

??!


I don't understand the question(exclamation).


Fair enough. I'm expressing puzzlement and shock at the idea of pre-proces=
sing Java code for generics or not. It seems so bassackwards and unnecessar=
y, though I'm sure they thought they were clever to do this. I might have =
contented my self with a -target 1.4 (and appropriate bootclasspath) rather=
 than manipulating source, presumably to support a ten-year-old version of =
Java.

Or better, freeze the Java 1.4 library and just freaking use the freaking g=
enerics for all current work.

So I was expressing my "WTF?" over their technique.

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