Java 7 is now available

Post by Bootvis » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:06 PM UTC

dxbydt wrote: post #51

j_col wrote: post #16

You can now finally use a string in a switch statement, hurray (it's the little things that make me happy)! http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/la...

God, I seriously hope string-switching doesn't catch on. In a prev job, I saw this block of code - ------- public int getDaysInMonth( String month ) { if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("january")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("february")) return 28; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("march")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("april")) return 30; ... } ------- My eyes bled. I said folks, just map the mo…

Post by kragen » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:08 PM UTC

dxbydt wrote: post #51

j_col wrote: post #16

You can now finally use a string in a switch statement, hurray (it's the little things that make me happy)! http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/la...

God, I seriously hope string-switching doesn't catch on. In a prev job, I saw this block of code - ------- public int getDaysInMonth( String month ) { if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("january")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("february")) return 28; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("march")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("april")) return 30; ... } ------- My eyes bled. I said folks, just map the mo…

    [31, isLeapYear(year) ? 29 : 28, 31, 30, 31, 30,  31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31][M-1]

Post by Groxx » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:11 PM UTC

speckledjim wrote: post #42

famousactress wrote: post #21

Meh. The world turns. I spent a decade developing primarily in Java, and the last few years were really disappointing. The community splintered, the language and platform really lost any ability to maintain momentum. I might have been stoked about Java 7 three years ago (when it should have come out).

> The community splintered, the language and platform really lost any ability to maintain momentum. This is the mindset I've never understood. Do you stop using a hammer to bang in nails because the hammer "community" has splintered, or the development of hammers has stagnated? No, you still use it to fulfill a job it solves.

Post by jzoidberg » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:18 PM UTC

Post by fleitz » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:23 PM UTC

kragen wrote: post #63

dxbydt wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

God, I seriously hope string-switching doesn't catch on. In a prev job, I saw this block of code - ------- public int getDaysInMonth( String month ) { if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("january")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("february")) return 28; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("march")) return 31; else if( month.equalsIgnoreCase("april")) return 30; ... } ------- My eyes bled. I said folks, just map the mo…

I have to say, I think it's easier to verify the correctness of [31, isLeapYear(year) ? 29 : 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31][M-1] than your formula. Even a dictionary wouldn't be bad. And if it were wrong, it would be easier to fix it.

  public int getDaysInMonth(DateTime date) throws
    CalendarFactoryFactorException,
    DateOutOfRangeException,
    ArrayOutOfBoundsException 
  {
    CalendarFactoryFactory factoryMaker = new CalendarFactoryFactory("Western");
    GregorianCalendarFactory gregFactory = factoryMaker.getGregorianFactory();
    Calendar c = gregFactory.createCalendar(new DateTime());
    return c.getDaysInMonth();
  }