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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: class design: When to use static methods?
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On 7/2/2013 10:47 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    Instance methods! They make the difference between
>    object-oriented programming in Java and procedural
>    programming in Java (according to the common believes).
>    And OOP is better than procedural programming, so we must
>    use instance methods! (according to the common believes)

     Not so long ago in a thread about "The invokeLater loop,"
you seemed quite pleased with a (perverted) use of the static
method SwingUtilities.invokeLater().  Does this transgression
against OOP principles bring a blush to your cheek?

     Or is the redness a result of blowing too much smoke?

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid