Author Archives: Danny
The “single implementation” paradox – redux
Following on from , my colleague, Adrian, has given the issue some thought and written an excellent post explaining his position. His conclusion is that we should simply not be marking classes as final because it really doesn’t bring any … Continue reading
Parallel Ant 0.9 beta released
After almost a year with no work, Parallel Ant 0.9 beta is finally released. More info on the page.
The “single implementation” paradox
We got into a bit of a debate at work recently. It went a bit like this: “Gah! Why do we have this interface when there is only a single implementation?” (The stock answer to this goes:) “Because we need … Continue reading
Unit testing smells
At work, we focus quite heavily on TDD and, therefore, unit testing (although our TDD extends to other levels, such as writing automated acceptance tests for a story before beginning development of the story). As is always the case with … Continue reading
Generics and the mystical wildcard
This comes up a lot on the forums (or should that be fora?). “I’ve got a List<?>, why can’t I put an object of type X in it?” (for any type X). The problem here is that most people see … Continue reading