JDK 7 almost there, but still far not reaching the goal

java, WTF

It’s nice that JDK 7 includes new ”try (…) { … }” construct, but *WHY*, oh, *WHY*, they managed to fail on implementing it in usable manner. To put it shortly, problem is described here: Detect exception in AutoCloseable close() Thus they implemented logic which allows doing automatic close(), but API doesn’t this logic anyway…

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Is it possible to do O-O in java

java

So question is: Is it possible to do Object Oriented Programming in java? This presentation gave some insights into issue. Jumping into conclusion fast: yes, it’s possible if being careful, and always using interfaces. This part ”always using interfaces” is interesting, since that’s anyway something what I’ve always considered to be good way of doing…

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