java wtf

Imagine, your Java Bean subclasses another bean, passing a type parameter; that other bean has a couple of setter/getter methods that take and return the values of the parameter type.

Now, you use your bean with some kind of library that does serialization based on introspection via reflection. What does it know about the superclass bean? That it takes and returns an object, right? So... so we lose! Serialization is okay, default is "toString()", but how about deserialization? Seems like we are clueless there. Shit.

I know the solution: override the setter. But this is stupid.

saving Kimberley-Clark forest

Just encountered a couple of Green Peace activists. Have not heard from them for a while. They started talking to me about Kimberley Clark forest (see their site). I asked them where is that Kimberley Clark forest. They said it is in Alaska and Canada. I asked where in Alaska and Canada. They said it is between Ottawa and Alaska. I rest my case.

That's what is sad about those idiots. That they are idiots. Otherwise, I'd support them with all my heart.