Martin Desruisseaux ha scritto: > Things may become easier when Geotools will be allowed to target Java 5: > Javadoc > will work with the same JDK, the "unsupported/geometry" module will become an > ordinary module (no more "enable on Java 5" profile hack) and we will not need > anymore the "geoapi-nogenerics" hack. I really miss generic types, and my code > has many "todo: uncomment when we will be allowed to compile for J2SE 1.5". > Carrying Java 1.4 compatibility is becoming heavier and heavier...
Agreed. At the same time, I fear the day we'll switch to java 5 precisely because of generics. Light usage of generics is intuitive, makes things explicit, and so on (think using typed collections). Same goes for autoboxing. But if you get overboard and start using more obscure features, the incomplete generic implemetation in java will bite you, as proved by numerous blogs on generic usage issues on the web (just do a search with "java generics issues" on Google and you'll have you hands plenty). And I know we have a strong tendency to go overboard and get fancy. So, I wait for the java5 changes wave with much concern. Cheers Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
