Please notice that this forumIS NOT for questions concerning
Java in general.
Please use the forum "Java Programming" for that!
http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=31
This forum deals with Java Generics, an extension of the java language to allow typed classes. (comparable to the c++ template mechanism). This allows constructs like ArrayList<String> f.e.
Best regards
DtN
You refer to my statement
Java Generics are
"comparable to the c++ template mechanism" ?
To make things clear:
I deliberately used the word "comparable" to emphasize the fact that C++ Templates are not the same like Java Generics, but both provide a mechanism to work with typed classes.
Best regards
DtN
> both provide a mechanism to work with typed classes
and that still isn't true. C++ provides a mechanism to generate and use 'typed classes'. Java provides you type-safe access to a single class which isn't 'typed' at all. Not at all the same thing and not at all comparable.
Oh ejp,
we both know about type erasure in Java and preprocessor operation in C++.
Concerning my statement:
"both provide a mechanism to work with typed classes"
From the view of source code this is absolute true. (this is what I expressed in my first post, where I said "extension to the java language") And from that point, these language "extensions" are comparable. So please read precisely what I wrote!
From the view of compiled classes C++ and Java have nothing in common. But I have never asserted that!
Over and out! :o)
By the way, this discussion is a nice way to keep this topic on top of the list :=)