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How can I prevent an object from being re-sanitized everytime it is passed as input to a function?
Suppose that I have a class named CharStream Additionally, there are a large number of functions which convert their function input into a CharStream def funky_the_function(_input): input = ...
3votes
4answers
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Is it a bad practice to have an interface method to tell whether it can handle an object?
interface Resolver { boolean canResolve(SomeInput input); SomeOutput resolve(SomeInput input); } public static void main(String[] args) { List<Resolver> resolvers = ...; ...
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Passing object or using the field
I would like to know what is a more appropriate way to code in Java. Is it generally better to pass entire objects in the method's parameters or just using the fields from the class? Using the field: ...
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Is it better to generate a large list during the constructor or when it's accessed?
I've got a class member function that generates a large list and puts it into a private member variable so it can be accessed through a getter. The generation of this list is a rather intensive ...
5votes
2answers
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Design pattern for processing a huge CSV file -- Java
I am learning design patterns in Java and also working on a problem where I need to handle huge number of requests streaming into my program from a huge CSV file on the disk. Each CSV line is one ...
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Filtering additions to a list
Hopefully Iʼm posting this in the right SX, and Iʼve tagged it correctly. I have a legacy system that Iʼm making additions to which contains a custom list object. This list object can contain two ...
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2votes
1answer
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Program Architecture: How to manage objects that are interdependent
Consider the following case, image I making a simple chat program; I want it to be extensible such that it would be fair easy to add add different scripting and user interfaces. I want the core ...
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36votes
8answers
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Is OOP becoming easier or harder? [closed]
When the concepts of Object Oriented Programming were introduced to programmers years back it looks interesting and programming was cleaner. OOP was like this Stock stock = new Stock(); stock.addItem(...
