Using Java's generics mechanism to improve type safety in the command pattern

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Using Java's generics mechanism to improve type safety in the command pattern

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ACM Southeast Regional Conference archive
Proceedings of the 46th Annual Southeast Regional Conference on XX table of contents

Auburn, Alabama

SESSION: Programming languages, algorithms, and theory table of contents

Pages 231-236

Year of Publication: 2008

ISBN:978-1-60558-105-7

Authors

Karl Ridgeway	Rosetta Stone, Ltd., Arlington, VA
David Bernstein	James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
John Magnotti	Auburn University, Auburn, AL

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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This paper discusses ways in which Java's generics mechanism can be used to improve a Remote Procedure Call implementation using the Command and Proxy patterns. Specifically, it shows how generics can be used to specify return types and receiver types.

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