Re: Generics and the spec interfaces

> All,
>
>  As you have probably noticed I am doing some clean-up of the trunk codebase
> as and when the opportunity arises. So far the clean has identified the odd
> copy/paste error or casting problem as well as (hopefully) making the code
> easier to read. The fixes for the errors are getting ported to 6.0.x.
>
>  I am currently pondering what to do with lines like this:
>  Enumeration e = request.getHeaderNames();
>
>  As I see it the options are:
>  1. Leave it as it is.
>  2. Use
>  Enumeration<?> e = request.getHeaderNames();
>  3. Use
>  Enumeration<String> e = request.getHeaderNames();
>  4. Use
>  Enumeration<String> e = request.getHeaderNames();
>  and modify HttpServletRequest to use generics
>  5. Something else.
>
>  I am leaning towards 4 on the basis that
>  a) This is trunk, not a release branch
>  b) This option generates no warnings
>  c) I assume the spec will start using generics at some point (maybe in
> 3.0?)
>  If modifying the spec interfaces seems like a step too far then 3 would be
> my next choice.
>
>  Thoughts?
>
>  Mark
>
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