Antonio Petrelli wrote: > Err... Does C++ have interfaces at all? All I recall is that C++ has > classes.
Of course it does. A simple google search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=C%2B%2B+interfaces&btnG=Google+Search) would have shown you. Perhaps you're thinking of C. Al Sutton wrote: > Sunds like a good reason why it isn't possible :). It's not possible because C++ doesn't permit variable declarations in interfaces, and even Java only permits them if they are invariants. newton.dave wrote: > One of the reasons people used the technique was to avoid a minimal amount > of extra keystrokes. Java 5's static imports removed the need for the > extra keystrokes. I disagree. Auto-complete/auto-suggest editors (or "IntelliSense", as Microsoft likes to call it) like JBuilder et. al., and, later, Eclipse, removed the need for the extra keystrokes. newton.dave wrote: > That aside: not everybody avoided it. If they had, it wouldn't have had to > be written about at all. Good point. Newbies to OOP didn't avoid it because they didn't know better. I hope you're not insinuating that the WebWork/XWork/Struts2 team were newbies when they began this framework. I'd like to think MVC frameworks that are apache top-level projects are written by mature (programming-wise), experienced software engineers. newton.dave wrote: > Nobody is saying it's a good technique; that doesn't change that many > people used it. We're just going to have to agree to disagree on that word "many" because I haven't see the constant interface pattern used nearly as frequently as you claim to have. newton.dave wrote: > If you have any further issues with me specifically you can take them up > withme off-line or in person; this is not the forum for spewing invective > and insulting people. I've no issue with you, Dave, and the only personal attack I think I've made was towards Chris. I reiterate that, based on his comments in his thread, I hope he's not a Struts2 committer. Anyone care to shed some light on his involvement with Struts2? Is he a committer? Thanks, Clever Swine -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/StrutsStatics...-tp15595866p15765459.html Sent from the Struts - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
