Re: [EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils

2014-01-11 Thread Gary Gregory
(depending on the case). This declares the intent of the API and removes the raw warning. Gary > > > G > > > > Original message > > From: sebb AT ASF > > Date:01/11/2014 06:44 (GMT-05:00) > > To: dev@commons.apache.org > >

Re: [EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils

2014-01-11 Thread sebb
On 11 January 2014 12:40, Gary Gregory wrote: > Don't forget about ? and Object... Remind me again what you mean here? > G > > Original message > From: sebb AT ASF > Date:01/11/2014 06:44 (GMT-05:00) > To: dev@commons.apache.org >

RE: [EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils

2014-01-11 Thread Gary Gregory
Don't forget about ? and Object... G Original message From: sebb AT ASF Date:01/11/2014 06:44 (GMT-05:00) To: dev@commons.apache.org Subject: [EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils I reverted the contentious generics change. However, I'm not sure there r

Re: [EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils

2014-01-11 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hello Sebb, 2014/1/11 sebb AT ASF > I reverted the contentious generics change. > > However, I'm not sure there really is a problem here. > > Adding the "wrong" generics can only affect existing users that also > use generics, i.e. they must be using Java 1.5+ > Now if a Java 5 client calls a

[EXEC] generics for EnvironmentUtils

2014-01-11 Thread sebb AT ASF
I reverted the contentious generics change. However, I'm not sure there really is a problem here. Adding the "wrong" generics can only affect existing users that also use generics, i.e. they must be using Java 1.5+ Now if a Java 5 client calls a non-generic library, they are going to have to eit