My interpretation of the questions was that "String" was only an example. Regardless of what the question actually was, I felt that some clarifying of "proxy" would be appropriate.
Jonathan On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Jonathan Fischer Friberg > <odysso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I'm not mistaken, you should NOT use extend-type to extend java > classes > > (only interfaces and protocols). > > > > To answer your questions, you can "extend" a class and interfaces with > > proxy, like so: > > > > (proxy [classA interfaceA interfaceB] [] ...) > > Which doesn't help jlk much, since he was wanting to extend String and: > > => (proxy [String] []) > #<CompilerException java.lang.VerifyError: Cannot inherit from final > class (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)> > > The JVM won't allow that. He'll need to find some workaround, probably > involving extending CharSequence instead of String. > > -- > Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! > Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true > hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more > civilized age. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
