for-loop abstraction: How's this magic gonna work?

[Gernot Neppert]

Yes, but this is not the problem I'm seeing. Of course, if the
declaration were something like:

public final class Utils
{
public static <K,V,throws X>
void for eachEntry(Map<K,V> map, #void(K,V) throws X} block)
        throws X {
    for (Map.Entry<K,V> entry : map.entrySet()) {
        block.invoke(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }

}
}

we'd just need to do a "import static Utils.*;" to get the method into scope.
I'm asking: how is the compiler de-sugaring this invocation:

for eachEntry(String name, Integer value : map) { }

into an iteration over the map?
Please note that only the *definition* of the method body contains the
code that does the actual iteration.



2010/1/5 Peter Levart <peter.levart at marand.si>:
> On Tuesday 05 January 2010 09:24:31 Gernot Neppert wrote:
>> Or, rephrased after Darwin: Where's the missing link?
>
> I think the example assumes that the "for eachEntry" method declaration is in scope when you are "invoking" the method (either you are invoking it from within an instance method of the same class or subclass or from an instance method of the inner class.
>
> Other possibility for "shorter" syntax is that you invoke a static method and use a static include.
>
> Regards, Peter
>