Re: return a Collection (Set or List)

by Roedy Green <see_website@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 13, 2008 at 07:39 PM

On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:37:53 -0700, Mark Space
<markspace@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>Consider substituting two methods for this one.  "getAsList" and 
>"getAsSet" Then the caller can indicate which type is desired and always 
>receive the correct type.

If it is always possible to get as List, why would you ever return
anything else?  You can always use a List as a Set.
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11 Posts in Topic:

return a Collection (Set or List)

thufir <hawat.thufir@[

2008-05-13 11:29:57

Re: return a Collection (Set or List)

Lew <lew@[EMAIL PROTEC

2008-05-13 08:18:51

Re: return a Collection (Set or List)

Roedy Green <see_websi

2008-05-13 12:40:58

Re: return a Collection (Set or List)

Mark Space <markspace@