WhiteboardJavaLanguageChanges
Java Language Change Ideas During Javapolis, a number of whiteboards will be reserved for generating ideas for small changes to the Java programming language. Examples might include avoiding NullPointerException or accessing the index from the new foreach loop. The concept is that anyone should ...
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Whiteboard results - Strings
Strings This page documents the results from the whiteboards where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. Multiline Strings This idea was to provide a syntax for creating multi line strings. Proposed syntax 1 String str = " second ...
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Whiteboard results - Spring
Spring This page documents the results from the Spring whiteboard where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. Injectable "Add a Spring Injectable interface allowing the object to be notified of the injection, passing in some context, allowing it to adapt ...
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Whiteboard results - Numbers
Numbers This page documents the results from the whiteboards where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. Rational numbers This idea was to add support for rational numbers. Number a = 1; // a is an Integer Number b = a / 10; // b ...
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Whiteboard results - Native XML
Native XML Javapolis 2006 included a session on adding a syntax to Java to support native XML. The proposal revolves around adding a literal syntax that is specific to XML. This was not discussed in detail on the whiteboards, but an informal straw poll vote was taken. A straw ...
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Whiteboard results - Generics
Generics This page documents the results from the Generics whiteboard where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. Shortened generic instance creation This idea was to shorten the creation of long generic types. The problem is that this is too long: Map ...
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Whiteboard results - General ideas
General ideas This page documents the results from the whiteboards where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. List creation This idea was to provide a syntax way to create lists. List<String> list = new ArrayList<String ...
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Whiteboard results - Closures
Closures This page documents the results from the Closures whiteboard where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. As it turned out, the whiteboard for closures was the least well used of the whiteboards. There were a couple of questions asked: How can ...
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Whiteboard results - Alternatives to change
Alternatives to changing the Java syntax This page documents the results from the whiteboards where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. MDA "Do not add 2 different syntax styles for the same symantic, just use MDA ...
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Whiteboard results - For each
Foreach loop This page documents the results from the foreach whiteboard where all Javapolis 2006 participants were encouraged to participate with their ideas. Accessing the index and removing an element This idea was to add an optional part to the syntax of foreach to allow ...
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