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My ¢2 on Java Extension Methods
05 December 07 05:38 PM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
A while a go Neil Gafter proposed extension methods as a new feature in Java 7. This is an interesting proposal and if it is implemented, it would make Quaere even better. I'll skip the tired list sorting example from the discussions and think out loud Read More...
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Lexical Closures, Deferred Execution and Kicker Methods
06 November 07 05:20 AM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
Casper wrote an interesting comment to my screen cast about LINQ and Quaere auto completion which deserves an answer in the form of a blog post. As the title suggests you’re in for a ride through many different concepts in .NET, Java, LINQ and Quaere Read More...
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Bare naked LINQ
18 October 07 06:07 AM | andersnoras | 10 Comments   
Some ever recurring discussions around Quaere are “this isn’t really LINQ for Java” and “cool, but this isn’t truly type-safe”. In this post I’ll dive into these topics by explaining how LINQ works… LINQ Read More...
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Sneak preview: Quaere for JPA
02 October 07 06:01 AM | andersnoras | 6 Comments   
Even if only the Quaere for Object implementation has been available, the project has generated quite a lot of buzz. Quaere for Objects only shows some of the things you can do with the framework, and I feel that the biggest potential is how one can extend Read More...
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Ambition, Quaere, Closures and Other Random Thoughts
27 September 07 07:20 PM | andersnoras | 2 Comments   
Yesterday I came across Chris Wanstrath Ambition project which is very similar to my Quaere project. To exemplify the similarities between LINQ, Ambition and Quaere, here is the same query expressed in each "language". LINQ var expensiveProducts = from Read More...
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The Poor Man's Lambda - Revisited
24 September 07 07:26 PM | andersnoras | 9 Comments   
When I was writing the early spikes for the Quaere project, I wrote a blog post entitled "The Poor Man's Lambda" , back then I used anonymous classes for the "lambda" expressions. Integer[] numbers={ 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 7, 2, 0}; Object[] firstSmallNumbers Read More...
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Quaere is now an offical Codehaus project!
24 September 07 06:09 PM | andersnoras | 1 Comments   
Even if InfoQ broke the news last week , I'm very pleased to announce that Quaere gotten a proper home at the Codehaus . Lots of stuff have been fixed or added to the codebase after I announced the project at JavaZone . Because of this, I have now removed Read More...
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What's The Difference Between JoSQL & Quaere?
18 September 07 04:50 AM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
In the ongoing discussions at The Server Side the is some confusion if there is any difference between Quaere and JoSQL . JoSQL, aka SQL for Java Objects, is a great framework which allows developers to run SQL like queries against collections of POJOs. Read More...
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