From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 2/24/2025 8:05 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:55:31 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> Type declarations are part of the Pascal way.   
   >>   
   >> But I don't think it is the same in OO languages.   
   >>   
   >> I have never heard a Java developer ask for it.   
   >   
   > Never written things like this?   
   >   
   >      private final HashMap   
   >          SatLabels = new HashMap();   
      
   I would write:   
      
   private final Map satLabels = new HashMap();   
      
   to follow OO best practice and Java coding convention.   
      
   But I think it is good code.   
      
   It is very clear what it is. All Java developers know what Map   
   and HashMap are.   
      
   Introducing application specific aliases for Map   
   and HashMap would make the code less readable.   
      
   > Or this?   
   >   
   >      return   
   >          new Iterable>()   
   >            {   
   >              public Iterator> iterator()   
   >                {   
   >                  return   
   >                      new ResultMapIterator   
   >                        (   
   >                          Resolver.query   
   >                            (   
   >                              /*uri =*/ ProviderUri,   
   >                              /*projection =*/ FieldNames,   
   >                              /*selection =*/ Selection,   
   >                              /*selectionArgs =*/ SelectionArgs,   
   >                              /*sortOrder =*/ SortOrder   
   >                            ),   
   >                          FieldNames   
   >                        );   
   >                } /*iterator*/   
   >            } /*Iterable*/;   
      
   I see lots of problems in that code.   
      
   I don't consider lack of type aliases as one of them.   
      
   Arne   
      
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