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Article:		10 Reasons We Need Java 3.0
Subject:		a bunch of amateur ideas...
Date:		2002-08-05 08:20:29
From:		morbid
There are many more important areas than need fixing before "all property files become XML" etc: - clone() needs to work with inner classes; - clone() needs to work with final fields; - clone() needs to be a public method of Clonable; - the language needs built-in typesafe enum support; - the language needs support for generic types (List<int>)); - it should be decided once and for all whether final fields could be changed via reflection or not; - Externalizable should work with final fields; - it should be decided once and for all whether the current or the thread context classloader is used for implicit dynamic resource loading; - java.net.URL API needs cleaning up; - custom URL schemes need better support;

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• a bunch of amateur ideas...
  2002-08-12 11:16:43  jacyg [View]
  
  
  mostly good, but clone() should not be a public method. See http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4673424.html
  for a better solution. The reason clone() should not be public is that it you may not *want* to externally expose the ability to clone an object, and having a clone() that is protected allows you to accomplish this. My proposed solution still gives this ability when truly wanted, without sacrificing the ability to keep clone() restricted.

• more...
  2002-08-05 08:28:33  morbid [View]
  
  
  - .class custom attributes should be accessible programmatically, via ClassLoader API;
  - covariant return types should be supported;
  - the language should support a proper notion of const-correctness;