> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:10:35 +0200 > From: Rémi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr>
> Le 23/10/2009 03:53, Joe Darcy a écrit : >> Following up on this, what is the exact revised proposal? >> >> In java.lang.String: >> >> public static String join(String separator, Iterable<?> objects); >> public static String join(String separator, Object[] objects); >> public static String join(String separator, Object first, Object... rest); >> >> with analogous methods in StringBuffer and StringBuilder return that type, >> respectively, instead of String? > > I don't know. In my opinion, the main problem with join specified using > static methods is that split is not currently specified as a static > method. Because join is the dual of split, one could find the usage of > static methods weird. I agree. The join methods should be instance methods, not static methods. - Mark
