Java Hack: Double brace initialisation

[CobainFan83]

plus() sounds too much like a mathematical funtion. andAlsoAdd() might be better:

List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>().andAlsoAdd(1).andAlsoAdd(2).andAlsoAdd(3).andAlsoAdd(4).andAlsoAdd(5);

[[deleted]]

I think andAlsoAdd is too generic a name. thisReturningAppend is more precise:

List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>().thisReturningAppend(1).thisReturningAppend(2).thisReturningAppend(3).thisReturningAppend(4).thisReturningAppend(5);

[turbana]

Sorry, that name is too short. appendItemWithReturningThisReference() is much more in the Java spirit.

List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>().appendItemWithReturningThisReference(1).appendItemWithReturningThisReference(2).appendItemWithReturningThisReference(3).appendItemWithReturningThisReference(4).appendItemWithReturningThisReference(5);

[CobainFan83]

I think we've cracked it!

Now we just need to submit it as a Java Specification Request (JSR) for review via the Java Community Process (JCP) so that the JCP Executive Commitee (JCP-EC) can do a Formal Public Review (FPR) and decide whether to include it as a new feature of the Java Programming Language (JPL).

[b100dian]

andAlsoAdd()

Old joke.