# Angle bracket hell
Dear Sun and associated smart people,
Generics are a nice feature and it's really nice not having to do all that horrible casting anymore. Over the past year I've come to appreciate the clarity that something like
HashMap<Integer,List<Vertex<String>>> map = new HashMap<Integer,List<Vertex<String>>>();brings to my code. I am also very glad that I've avoided the 2 detectable-during-testing crashes I would probably have encountered if I'd stuck with non-type-safe code, like in the 1.4 days and before.
Now granted, any feature that makes Java developers feel as syntax-savvy and hardcore as C++ developers has a certain cool factor, and deep down I do agree that generics are an improvement, but at least C++ has typedefs. I'm just saying...
Yours,
Colin
File under: java : {2006.08.14 - 17:40}
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