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Re: Categories in Java?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Rolfe)
Wed Jul 12 09:59:28 1995
From: Andrew Rolfe <andrewr@crt.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 07:25:17 -0500
To: java.sun.com!java-interest@inet1.crt.com
I for one agree with Mike Fleming that Obj-C like Categories would
be an excellent addition to the Java language. They are an
extremely useful tool; as much or more than Interfaces.
And Mike, I wouldn't give-in so easily to the security concern. I
have a feeling categories could be a security issue. However, since
this is a new language, I don't see why we couldn't allow class
designers to declare if a class "allows" categorization or not. Or,
it might be better to declare secure applet's instead of secure
classes. What do you think?
Anyway, it is something I would agree should be considered.
Andy--
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