Some days, Java is all syntax and no semantics. Today I coded seven levels of indentation in twenty-five lines:
public void onLogUpdated() { beginUse(); try { synchronized (this) { final SubscriberMessage next = log.getCurrent(); if (next == last) { return; } last = next; new SafeRunnable() { protected void runProtected() throws Exception { if (doesTone) { soundTone(next); } if (doesAnnounce) { soundAnnounce(next); } } }.start(); } } finally { endUse(); } }
A few lines of actual functionality and the rest is big heavy structure and great gobs of static typing. Normally when I end up with a scrappy method like this, I can see a simple way to make more understandable - but not today. Anyone have a suggestion for making this method nicer to look at?
Perhaps a cold beverage will help.
Inside every nerd is a comedian, struggling to get out. We brought a client’s old CVS repository back to the office. I put it onto a server and emailed the CVSROOT details to a colleague. He wrote back:
Thanks. I’ll check it out.
“Check it out”! Get it? Check out ? On a repository! Ha ha ha ha ha ha.