Garbage Burrito

Ahhh... Generics, they make me smile!

heres a nice generic Collection Cleanup method that should totally be available in the java.util.Collections class

public static <U> void
   condense(java.util.Collection<U> collection) {
   Object[] arr_o = collection.toArray();
   collection.clear();
   for(Object o:arr_o)
      if(o!=null)
         collection.add((U)o);
   
}


Ooops, I guess I don't have my own forum on my RSS Feed Reader anymore. Missed this one completely.

I agree, generics are cool. I don't know how many times I've had to call an undocumented service that returns a collection, and had no idea what type was in the collection.

The foreach is a nice touch too. That's something I always missed from Perl.

Unfortunately we're still on Websphere 5.1 here, which means Java 1.4. They're making a push to get away from IBM, so it's easier to keep up with the times, but I'm sure they'll get tired of extending my contract by then.

Oh you are a blessed one, Ben, a blessed one.