Not exactly a consultant hat…
…but still a valuable addition to my professional wardrobe. That helps me being mindful of what I am and what I am not.
Archive for June 2010
What’s missing in Java 7
Assuming Sun manages to get “closures” into Java7 there is still a few things that are lacking. Today I once again ran into the restrictions around annotations. The .Net solution is simply more elegant. The fact that I can’t use arbitrary classes for annotation parameters is arbitrary and promotes widespread abuse of enums. Also that these guys aren’t regular classes with methods and all is quite annoying.
Using arbitrary classes as annotations would actually make the language simpler and is therefore good…