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Re: iteration blues

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From Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject Re: iteration blues
Date Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:41:19 -0700 (PDT)
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Eric Sosman wrote:
> bob wrote:
>>
>> Iterator.remove() is probably not well-known because it's an optional
>> operation.  Also, I see no easy way to tell if a given container type
>> supports it other than to try it.
>
>      The same could be said for List.add().

Indeed, and for both cases there is a ridiculously easy way to tell if a given container type supports the operation: read the friggin' Javadocs!

If the container doesn't support the operation you need, don't use it.

-- 
Lew

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iteration blues bob <bob@coolgroups.com> - 2011-11-03 08:37 -0700
  Re: iteration blues Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-11-03 08:51 -0700
    Re: iteration blues Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 09:32 -0700
      Re: iteration blues Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-04 21:00 -0400
        Re: iteration blues spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-05 07:48 -0400
  Re: iteration blues Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth@xs4all.nl> - 2011-11-03 09:31 -0700
    Re: iteration blues Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 13:50 -0700
      Re: iteration blues Henk van Voorthuijsen <voorth@xs4all.nl> - 2011-11-04 08:07 -0700
    Re: iteration blues Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-04 21:02 -0400
  Re: iteration blues Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-03 10:08 -0700
  Re: iteration blues Travers Naran <tnaran@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 22:22 -0700
  Re: iteration blues Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-04 10:34 +0100
    Re: iteration blues Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 10:46 -0700
      Re: iteration blues Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-04 23:55 +0100
        Re: iteration blues Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-04 21:06 -0400
        Re: iteration blues Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 20:30 -0700
        Re: iteration blues bob <bob@coolgroups.com> - 2011-11-05 12:40 -0700
          Re: iteration blues Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-11-05 16:14 -0400
            Re: iteration blues Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-05 13:41 -0700
    Re: iteration blues bob <bob@coolgroups.com> - 2011-11-04 13:42 -0700

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