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On 8/13/2012 3:55 AM, Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 8/2/2012 4:10 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>>
>>> 1. It has interfaces which gives much of the ability at lighter
>>> weight..
>>
>> Only for a very limited type of types (those with no implementation
>> at all).
>
> At times, I've wished that Java had automatic delegation (composition)


"Automatic delegation" is what I want.  I've even invented my own little 
syntax for it:

public SomeClass extends Fubar implements List(myList), OtherThing {

   private AbstractList myList = new ArrayList();

...

}


where the parenthesis in the interface list is a forward declaration to 
a field that will be the delegate for that particular interface.  It 
really shouldn't be that hard to do, just a few synthetic methods.

I really rather upset that we aren't getting something like this with 
Java 8.  I don't see any reason not to fix this right now, honestly.