Today a story about a design decision whether or not to implement the Comparable interface. We will start with the following code snippet – a simplified version of a UI widget that holds info about a person and can be selected by the user:
public static class SelectablePerson {
private final String name;
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Some time ago I wrote a post about FindBugs – a powerful tool for static code analysis in Java. Today I want to tell you about an Eclipse plugin that allows you to integrate FindBugs into your favorite IDE and automatically use it on your code.
The plugin works only with Eclipse 3.3+. The install instructions [...]
Before I say anything I want to share with you a code snippet that is a simplified version of something I have recently wrote in my work. There is a small, yet painful bug in this code… can you see it?
public static class Point implements Comparable<Point> {
private int x, y;
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