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From: Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid>
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Subject: Re: please help understanding syntax
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:55:55 +0000
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On 07/01/12 21:15, John Goche wrote:
> public void checkAccount(final Account account)
> {
>      Auth.background()
>      {
>          @Override
>          public void run()
>          {
>              Auth.checkAccount(account, this, new CustomCallback()
>              {
>                  @Override
>                  public void handle(int resultCode)
>                  {
>         // ...
>                  }
>              });
>          }
>      });
> }
>
> Can someone please explain the syntax Auth.background() { ... } .

It's a syntax error, surely?  Try sticking it in a syntax-aware editor 
with a 'class X { }' around it.  When I add the closing brace in emacs, 
I'm told "Mismatched parentheses".

Perhaps it's supposed to be 'new Auth.background()', though that's an 
unconventional name for a class.

Perhaps it's supposed to be 'new Auth.background(new Runnable() { ...'.

...

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