I want closures “bolted on to Java”

After seeing Blochs' session on Javapolis last year and some of the Java 7 sessions at JavaOne this year I gave up on closures in Java. I just didn't believe that they will be part of Java 7. I also had my doubts on the 'quircks' of the BGGA proposal. Playing around with the BGGA prototype [...]

I want closures in Java !

It's true, trying other programming languages, different enough from your main programming language make you a better programmer/designer in general. My main programming language is Java, but I also do a lot of Ruby, and it definitely helps me to find new technics in Java. Now, the problem is : the more I use closures in Ruby, the more I miss closures in Java... However sometimes, even in Java, the only answer to some OOP problem is some sort of closure, implemented via a callback interface w

Want Closures in Java 7? Vote!

Although Sun Bug Database is somewhat unpopular it is at least one way to influence the future of Java. I have read many articles on the web where developers demand for including closures in Java 7. It is really strange that the issue 5014235 "Closures support instead of annonymous inner classes" (submitted in March 2004) only has 24 votes!