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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:35:57 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [jira] Commented: (COLLECTIONS-110) Support parametized classes
 with commons.collections.
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Fran=C3=A7ois LEIBER commented on COLLECTIONS-110:
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I'm sorry to say this, but this discussion sounds like some old JDK bugs un=
solved for years: it sounds like a joke.
Yes, we know most people do their possible, that generics haven't been done=
 perfectly and sometimes give headaches, but Java5 is now 5 years old, and =
will finish its EOL in one month! Who dares to say that generics are not us=
ed now in the majority of Java code over the world, even in the industry? T=
he truth is, this project (like other Apache commons), which should greatly=
 improve the base language, are instead largely useless. And I feel it's no=
t because nobody in the world can do the job, but rather because of some in=
ternal inertia. That's really sad.

> Support parametized classes with commons.collections.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-110
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-11=
0
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Wish
>         Environment: Operating System: other
> Platform: Other
>            Reporter: Colbert Philippe
>            Assignee: Stephen Kestle
>             Fix For: Generics
>
>         Attachments: collections.patch, Jakarta Collections-generic.tar.g=
z
>
>
> It's time to create a parallel version of commons.collections to support=
=20
> parametized classes of each container class and abstract class.  It's not=
 that=20
> hard.  There is a 23 PDF document on Sun Java website describing in detai=
l how=20
> it should be done and what to watch out for.
> I already converted a few classes from commons.collection privately for m=
y own=20
> needs.  Once you get the hang of it, it's a rather quick process.
> I am even willing to volunteer my time to do some more but I need the=20
> collaboration of some of the original programmers to watch over things.

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