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Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ?

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On 30/04/15 14:58, Stefan Ram wrote:
> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>> . Now, we want to generalize and omit some specializations
>> (details):
>> Set<Character> result = new HashSet<>();
>
>    The general idea of an assignment in Java is:
>
> supertypeVariable = subtypeExpression
>
>    , however in the case of
>
> Set<Character> result = new HashSet<>()
>
>    now, confusingly, the more general designation »<>«
>    appears on the right side, while the more special
>    designation »<Character>« appears on the left side.

The generalization is on the left, the rhs is simply shorthand to stop 
us having to write Set<Character> result = new HashSet<Character>() 
which used to cause howls of protest from even experienced Java 
developers. Try compiling Set<Character> result = new HashSet<Object>()
if the rhs was a generalization we should be able to generalize but we 
can't.

HashSet<>() is not a generalization it is simply shorthand.

The Generalization Set<Character> allows for information hiding, a 
fundamental concept behind the idea of encapsulation.

public Set getFoo(){
    Set x = new HashSet();
    ...
    return x;
}

the implementation of x can be changed without affecting clients of 
getFoo();

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

-- 
Not floundering ... just fishing

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Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2015-04-30 14:52 +0200
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-30 10:03 -0400
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-30 12:18 -0400
  Re: What is your favorite WC++IETJ? Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-04-30 20:37 +0100

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