Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Lew
A struct would /be/ an object, thus its overhead would be the same as for a class, because in Java, a class *is* a struct, or to put it another way, there is no such thing as a "struct", and if there were, it would be an object. How do you think you can create an object for free by calling it

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Lew
On Thursday, November 24, 2011 4:59:55 AM UTC-8, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza > wrote: > > I want to make something similar to a struct in C/C++, to represent a > > collection of structured data. > > In Java, this is called a "clas

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza wrote: > For what is worth, I don't choose not to believe Mr. Bloch, I was just > wondering if in Android were better choices for classes as structs, as I > know my knowledge of both Java and Android is limited. Android doesn't add anything to

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Aitor Mendaza Ormaza
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/shiftintojava/page1.html > > "Upon first exposure to the Java programming language, some C > programmers believe that classes are too heavyweight to replace > structs under some circumstances, but this is not

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza wrote: > I jut wanted to know if there was a way around of using class only for > storing data, as it will not have any methods attached to it, and object > handling can be expensive. http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/shiftintojava/page1.htm

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Aitor Mendaza Ormaza
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza > wrote: > > I want to make something similar to a struct in C/C++, to represent a > > collection of structured data. > > In Java, this is called a "class". > > Really? I had no idea about

Re: [android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Aitor Mendaza Ormaza wrote: > I want to make something similar to a struct in C/C++, to represent a > collection of structured data. In Java, this is called a "class". > Is there a more efficient way to do this in android? Something like structs > :) No. -- Ma

[android-developers] C/C++ struct in android

2011-11-24 Thread Aitor Mendaza Ormaza
Hi to everyone: I want to make something similar to a struct in C/C++, to represent a collection of structured data. I first though of making objects with properties, but this might be a little inefficient (creating objects just to store data). Is there a more efficient way to do this in android?