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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Strange problem with .jar and .class files
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:08:10 -0500
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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.

Which is apropos the OP, if that is your question,
if his process worked when he snagged  some binaries
and didn't work when he attempted to build from source.

Which is one imagined scenario from a world of others.