Re: iterator.

From: Roedy Green <my_email_is_posted_on_my_website@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:36:02 GMT

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:18:20 GMT, "VisionSet" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>// add method
>public boolean add(Volunteer volunteer)

add methods add something. Your method does no such thing, you should
not mislead with such a name. Since it returns boolean, you might
call it

contains
canAdd
isAddable
isUndefined

flipping the sense of the boolean as necessary.
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