LINQ has been quite a successful, but also controversial addition to the .NET ecosystem. Many people are looking for a comparable solution in the Java world. To better understand what a comparable solution could be, let's have a look at the main problem that LINQ solves: Query languages are often declarative programming languages with many … Continue reading LINQ and Java
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SLICK, integrating SQL into Scala
Now it's official - even if version numbers are still preceded by a "zero" major release: SLICK has been publicly announced by Typesafe: http://blog.typesafe.com/introducing-slick http://finance.yahoo.com/news/typesafe-announces-scala-language-integrated-100000262.html http://java.dzone.com/articles/slicker-scala-stack-qa-martin SLICK stands for Scala Language-Integrated Connection Kit, which is more or less the Scala equivalent for LINQ-to-SQL. Note that I say LINQ-to-SQL, not LINQ in general, as Scala already has … Continue reading SLICK, integrating SQL into Scala
When will we have LINQ in Java?
LINQ is one of Microsoft's .NET Framework's most distinct language features. When it was first introduced to languages such as C#, it required heavy changes to the language specification. Yet, this addition was extremely powerful and probably unequalled by other languages / platforms, such as Java, Scala, etc. Granted, Scala has integrated XML in a similar fashion into … Continue reading When will we have LINQ in Java?