No, it wasn't you. It is 5 year old PDF related code.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Dridi Seifeddine <[email protected]>wrote: > Who is that author? I hope you’re not referring to me Glenn. Well I came > from a C/C++ background, and I confess that my Java knowledge is a little > bit rusty but I’m always learning, faster than you may expect :)**** > > ** ** > > If you look at my latest patch for whitespace management, you’ll see that > I never do these mistakes.**** > > ** ** > > All the best.**** > > ** ** > > Seifeddine**** > > ** ** > > P.S. Ignore this email if it was destined to someone else.**** > > ** ** > > *De :* Glenn Adams [mailto:[email protected]] > *Envoyé :* mardi 29 octobre 2013 15:02 > *À :* FOP Developers > *Objet :* Java Programming Basics**** > > ** ** > > I've been noticing code recently that makes it clear the author was a > C/C++ programmer unfamiliar with Java. Whenever I see these things, I am > fixing them on the spot:**** > > ** ** > > (1) initializers are not required for class or instance members when their > initial values are null, false, 0, etc;**** > > ** ** > > e.g.**** > > ** ** > > public class Foo {**** > > private Bar bar = null;**** > > private boolean done = false;**** > > private int value = 0;**** > > }**** > > ** ** > > should be written as:**** > > ** ** > > public class Foo {**** > > private Bar bar;**** > > private boolean done;**** > > private int value;**** > > }**** > > ** ** > > (2) it is never necessary to invoke super() in a constructor, e.g., > super() in the following is redundant:**** > > ** ** > > public class Foo {**** > > public Foo() {**** > > super();**** > > }**** > > }**** > > ** ** > > (3) it is never necessary to define a default constructor if there is no > other defined constructor and it does nothing; e.g.,**** > > ** ** > > public class Foo {**** > > public Foo() {**** > > }**** > > }**** > > ** ** > > should not define a default constructor; Java will always supply a default > constructor if no other constructor is defined;**** > > ** ** > > (4) however, if you want to prevent the generation of a default, public > constructor, then you can define a private no-argument constructor:**** > > ** ** > > public class CantInstantiate {**** > > private CantInstantiate() {**** > > }**** > > }**** >
