Re: Using enums to avoid using switch/if

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:39:40 -0700 (PDT)

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Mayeul wrote:

If you ask me, switch statements are little more than glorified if
ladders, with the additional hassle that you might forget some 'break'
statements.

And for-each loops are little more than glorified for() loops with the
additional hassle that you might forget that you needed an index.
Generics are little more than glorified Objects with the additional
hassle that you need to actually understand the type model of your
code. Assertions are little more than glorified if statements with
the additional hassle that you might forget and leave them on in
production. Methods are little more than glorified goto statements
with the additional hassle that you have to match up by type all the
arguments. If statements are little more than glorified gotos with
the additional hassle that you have to remember your braces or
mismatch your 'else' clauses. Object-oriented programming is little
more than glorified assembly-language programming with the additional
hassle that you have to understand the model for your application.

--
Lew