+1. I think Stephen mentioned this too. I like the static factory method to
create typesafe lists.

James
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From: "Jack, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Collections][SUBMIT] TypedList


> > PredicatedList would just take a Predicate in its constructor, and
> > anytime someone adds an element it throws an exception if the
> > predicate's evalute method returns false on the element.  Then when
> > TypedList extends PredicatedList it becomes a very small class that
> > simply constructs a TypeCheckPredicate and passes it to its superclass.
>
> I wouldn't even have a subclass for TypedList; I'd just put a static
> convience method in the TypeCheckPredicate class:
>
>     static List getTypeCheckedList(List list, Class type)
>     {
>          return new PredicateList(list, new TypeCheckPredicate(type));
>     }
>
> -Paul
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