Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Interface with implied Constructor Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:02:05 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <925adeb1-65b5-4a50-86a8-4f04784f8da0@googlegroups.com> <1KhGt.130731$7o1.74691@fx17.iad> <852ru8909m1p1eqcnhpotjpbmv1dd5hmui@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0d73d8cc209bff1c6395088b400d0605"; logging-data="14131"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19FVd1q/w0SzBfs7zrBzNuo" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 In-Reply-To: <852ru8909m1p1eqcnhpotjpbmv1dd5hmui@4ax.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:D50XmnKghS/02J4LGjhoQmIfCZU= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:24803 On 7/22/2013 3:39 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >[...] I just want a prototype of the > constructor with the rest of the prototypes. I don't think anyone's in doubt about what you and Richard want. The question that still burns is: "Why?" Perhaps if you'd offer a concrete example...? To avoid charges of made-up-ness, take an existing interface that you think would be more useful if it could specify constructors, and exhibit the constructors you'd like it to specify. Please use an interface that's not some creature of your own; if the idea is useful, there surely must be some java or javax interfaces that could use it. (If there aren't, that casts some doubt on the utility of the construct ...) Then, maybe, we can get away from this childish "It's behavior!" "No, it's implementation!" back-and-forth. A use case, please. -- Eric Sosman esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid