CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 17118

Making a code more readable

I have two classes in my app with identicall names, I cannot rename them, on of them is from packageA second from packageB, the name of this class is State, and I have to use it in one place in my program like this: 

 Map<Integer,Set<org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State>>

is there any way (but using this class) to make this somewhat more readable(to shorten it somewhat)?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 646

Answers (3)

Brad
Brad

Reputation: 15879

If you use the two different State classes in the same piece of code (*.java file), then the answer is "No", Java does not provide a short hand notation. You must be explicit and include the full package names to remove the ambiguity.

@dantuch has raised an interesting idea, but rather than wrap the class, if you can extend one of them, you can create an empty sub-class of State that simply defers all of it's implementation to the parent class.

public MyState extends State {
    // no implementation required
}

Then you can then refer to MyState

Upvotes: 0

hmjd
hmjd

Reputation: 121971

Possibly derive from one of the classes to disambiguate. For example, in POAState.java:

import org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State;

public class POAState extends State {}

then:

Map<Integer,Set<POAState>> my_map;

Upvotes: 4

dantuch
dantuch

Reputation: 9293

Create wrapping class that will have only Set<org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage.State> and all the needed Set methods.

usage in client:

Map<Integer,GoodWrappingSetName>

Upvotes: 0

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