Monthly Archives: May 2007

This is why God invented user comments sections

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 25, 2007

Check this movie out… Funky Monkey: He’s one high tech super chimp. Plot: Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams. Starring: Gilbert Godfried. I know [...]

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Functional Code Win of the Day

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 25, 2007

A method that takes the non-null values in the provided list. Was: private static final <A> List<A> filterNullsFrom(final List<A> list) { final List<A> out = new ArrayList<A>(list.size()); for(final A elt : list) { if(elt != null) { out.add(elt); } } return out; } Is: import static org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils.select; import static org.apache.commons.collections.PredicateUtils.notNullPredicate; … private static final <A> [...]

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My Newest Insight into the Generics Controversy

By Robert Fischer | Published: May 17, 2007

Okay, I’ve had some quality time with Java5 at my newest gig, and I’m starting to understand the great controversy behind Java generics. There was a particularly painful insight I just had that has officially flipped me from stalwart supporter to reluctant supporter, and I’d like to share that with the world so they don’t [...]

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