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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:55:38 -0700
From: "Ted Dunning" <ted.dunning@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Job API question - ArrayList instead of List?
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It should specify an interface.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Lukas Vlcek <lukas.vlcek@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Why the Job API is using ArrayList instead of List?
>
> It is used in constructor:
> public Job(JobConf jobConf, ArrayList<Job> dependingJobs)
>
> and one public method:
> public ArrayList<Job> getDependingJobs()
>
> Is there any reason why it is referencing to implementation while it could
> be replaced by interface?
>
> Regards,
> Lukas
>
> --
> http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
>



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ted

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