Will Java add LINQ to EL 3.0 in JSR-341?

This fact has somehow slipped by me unnoticed so far: As the JSR-341 websites claim, Java is going to add full .NET-Style LINQ support to its expression language 3.0! While the JSR-341 website doesn't explicitly mention these feature additions to the expression language, a lot of details can be seen here: http://java.net/projects/el-spec/pages/CollectionOperations This is very … Continue reading Will Java add LINQ to EL 3.0 in JSR-341?

JavaBeans™ should be extended to reduce bloat

JavaBeans™ has been around for a long time in the Java world. At some point of time, people realised that the concept of getters and setters was good to provide some abstraction over "object properties", which should not be accessed directly. A typical "bean" would look like this: public class MyBean { private int myProperty; … Continue reading JavaBeans™ should be extended to reduce bloat