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Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method

From	Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method
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Date	2011-06-23 16:23 -0300

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On 11-06-23 03:32 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 6/23/2011 10:42 AM, Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright
>>
>> I'll just mention here that functional programming, in this case at
>> least, also gives the advantages given by object oriented programming;
>> specifically, you can add another parse method by adding another (third)
>> parse *function* without changing most of the other code. And generally
> 
> 
> I'll just mention here that this is fairly specious.  A proper OO
> solution, like the ones I gave, you can add another parser just by
> adding the appropriate class.  The boiler plate is about two lines.

Leaving aside the actual parsing code, none of the possible solutions
involve changing much code. The question is only where the code needs to
be changed.

>> while writing a lot less boilerplate code than Java requires, with one
>> interface, plus one class skeleton around each parse function, plus
>> relevant imports and type declarations here and there.
> 
> 
> The interface is already done, skeleton, imports, etc are already done.
>  Just add a class with a method.  What you gain in Java is type safety,
> something not available in the "functional" languages I'm familiar with.

Good thing you used the double quotes...because the functional languages
I'm familiar with do have type safety.

AHS

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Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-22 12:46 -0700
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-22 16:00 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 14:40 -0700
      Re: isIdentifierCharacter (was: Passing a Method Name to a Method) Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 16:09 -0700
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-22 14:14 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-22 22:59 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:49 +0000
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-23 11:22 -0700
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 19:15 +0000
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:09 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 09:07 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 13:43 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Nebulous <nebulous99@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 13:57 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-24 07:28 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:53 +0000
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-22 22:30 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 09:06 -0300
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 13:23 -0300
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:33 -0700
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 17:53 -0300
            Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-23 19:15 -0700
              Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-24 01:48 -0400
                Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-06-24 02:20 -0400
                Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-25 15:26 -0400
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 13:42 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method markspace <-@.> - 2011-06-23 11:32 -0700
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-06-23 16:23 -0300
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method "Fuschia, President-Elect of the Bright Purplish-Green Council" <fp-eotbp-gc@ibm.com> - 2011-06-23 15:46 -0400
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 16:29 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-06-23 14:44 -0700
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-06-24 07:48 -0400
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:43 -0700

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