Thank you. This was a good idea: > So if your coworkers code just needs something iterable (for example), you may
> not need to do any casting at all: just give him the vector. On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 9:39:36 PM UTC-4, Francis Avila wrote: > > Does he actually need a real arraylist, or will something fulfilling a > collection interface (Collection, Iterable, or List for example) be ok? > Many clojure types do not require any casting at all as long as the java > code writes to a collection interface and doesn't expect to be able to > mutate the object. (Both of these are good Java idioms: write to interfaces > not classes, and copy defensively.) > > So if your coworkers code just needs something iterable (for example), you > may not need to do any casting at all: just give him the vector. > > If your coworker's code needs a real ArrayList and can accept no > substitutes, (java.util.ArrayList. your-vector) will make an ArrayList copy > of a vector's contents. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.