Comments on: Instantiating and populating a list or collection http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection Anecdotes on Technology Leadership, Ruby, Java, Scala, Cloud Computing, Open-Source, SEO, and Design Sun, 20 May 2012 19:43:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martial Java / Initializing Collection http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-242724 Martial Java / Initializing Collection Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:16:08 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-242724 [...] hardly find an elegant solution until I see this post. There are at least three better solution for the [...] [...] hardly find an elegant solution until I see this post. There are at least three better solution for the [...]

]]> By: Java Tips: Initializing Collection « satukubik http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-241478 Java Tips: Initializing Collection « satukubik Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:46:43 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-241478 [...] hardly find an elegant solution until I see this post. There are at least three better solution for the [...] [...] hardly find an elegant solution until I see this post. There are at least three better solution for the [...]

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10582 Ricky Clarkson Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:10:03 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10582 Yes, using a static import it's fine. I half-meant Arrays.asList, but which asList you use isn't so important to the meaning of my post. Arrays.asList returns a read-only list, so you might prefer to write your own asList implementation. It's odd that after three years or so of static imports people still look at them oddly. Blog posters don't expect me to qualify the package part, but they do expect the class part. ;) Sorry for the diversion, but I think static methods really belong outside classes; they're not OO, so they shouldn't look like they are. Not that being non-OO is a problem, mind.. import static java.util.asList; //would suit me. Yes, using a static import it’s fine. I half-meant Arrays.asList, but which asList you use isn’t so important to the meaning of my post. Arrays.asList returns a read-only list, so you might prefer to write your own asList implementation.

It’s odd that after three years or so of static imports people still look at them oddly. Blog posters don’t expect me to qualify the package part, but they do expect the class part. ;)

Sorry for the diversion, but I think static methods really belong outside classes; they’re not OO, so they shouldn’t look like they are. Not that being non-OO is a problem, mind..

import static java.util.asList; //would suit me.

]]> By: afsina http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10576 afsina Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:53:33 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10576 Ricky, you got me there.. i totally forget that. should be Arrays.asList(...) tough. maybe using static import, the way you write is fine.. Ricky, you got me there.. i totally forget that. should be Arrays.asList(…) tough. maybe using static import, the way you write is fine..

]]> By: Ricky Clarkson http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10573 Ricky Clarkson Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:14:08 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10573 [] for generics, as there's no preview button: I wonder what's wrong with List[String] list=asList("rocks","my","world"); [] for generics, as there’s no preview button:

I wonder what’s wrong with List[String] list=asList(“rocks”,”my”,”world”);

]]> By: afsina http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10571 afsina Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:53:35 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10571 actually, i saw that i did wirte "real code" my intention was to say "real business logic" pardon my english :P actually, i saw that i did wirte “real code” my intention was to say “real business logic” pardon my english :P

]]> By: afsina http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10570 afsina Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:48:00 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10570 Todd: i did not say tests are not real code, however, it is easy to introduce those methods in a test base class, which is cleaner then the solutions you offered. http://jroller.com/page/ff?entry=initializing_collections_my_take i dont think there is a shortcoming of Java on this. This is the Java way, if writing a two line method will give you more or less the same result, it is better then introducing a new syntax to the language. Todd:
i did not say tests are not real code, however, it is easy to introduce those methods in a test base class, which is cleaner then the solutions you offered.

http://jroller.com/page/ff?entry=initializing_collections_my_take

i dont think there is a shortcoming of Java on this. This is the Java way, if writing a two line method will give you more or less the same result, it is better then introducing a new syntax to the language.

]]> By: Daniel Schneller's Weblog http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10553 Daniel Schneller's Weblog Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:33:11 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10553 <strong>Amazingly simple - Collection Initialization...</strong> On Todd Huss ' blog I just came about a very simple way of initializing a collection with a set of predefined values. It is so simple that it is amazing people do not use it way more often. For my part, I have seen this use of instance initializers f... Amazingly simple – Collection Initialization…

On Todd Huss ‘ blog I just came about a very simple way of initializing a collection with a set of predefined values. It is so simple that it is amazing people do not use it way more often. For my part, I have seen this use of instance initializers f…

]]> By: Todd Huss http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10499 Todd Huss Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:22:17 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10499 afsina, I disagree that those types of initializations are not needed in real code, tests are real code. If you're creating a helper method just to create a simple data structure like an array more elegantly, then I'd say the language is coming up short on that front whether it's in a test or production code and let's face it, it's just lame that Java won't let us construct a collection with its contents! afsina, I disagree that those types of initializations are not needed in real code, tests are real code. If you’re creating a helper method just to create a simple data structure like an array more elegantly, then I’d say the language is coming up short on that front whether it’s in a test or production code and let’s face it, it’s just lame that Java won’t let us construct a collection with its contents!

]]> By: afsina http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection/comment-page-1#comment-10493 afsina Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:19:01 +0000 http://gabrito.com/post/instantiating-and-populating-a-list-or-collection#comment-10493 oh by the way, blog ate my (greater, smaller) symbols.. oh by the way, blog ate my (greater, smaller) symbols..

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