Re: return a Collection (Set or List)

Mark Space wrote:
>>> You could always just:
>>>
>>>     List myList
>>>     myList = getSomeList();
>>>     Set mySet = new SomeSet();
>>>     mySet.addAll( myList );
>>>
>>> This feels a bit safer to me than casting something that might fail.

RedGrittyBrick wrote:
> I bet you'd all omit the intermediate variables. e.g.
> 
>      Set mySet = new HashSet(getSomeList());

If the statements are truly contiguous, of course.  Or you could take the 
separated declarations and statements as a template for situations with 
intervening lines of code between the illustrated statements.

-- 
Lew