On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:34 AM, CleverSwine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Chris Pratt wrote: > > > > I don't know for sure, but that's pretty common practice before Java 5's > > import static. > > > > I disagree. This was in practice in the '90s, although to say it was > "common" is a stretch. Much more common has always been to define > constants > in a utility class or within the class that most used the constant. > > I never said it was a good idea, it's just something that was so common that they decided to make it part of the language. I have never used the anti-pattern myself, I like to create constants in the classes that they should live (using the Type-safe Enumerations pattern pre-1.5 and Java Enumerations post-1.5 whenever appropriate). But it is something I've need innumerable times, especially when reviewing Apache Java source. (*Chris*)
