Java: Is there support for macros?

Question

I am just curious on how people solve this. I often write the same type of code all the time. For instance:

new Thread() {
   //...
   //...
   //...
   //Change         


        

Answer 1

Nope, no macros. For this case, the closest you can get is to create new Runnable instance and pass it to either a function of your own creation or an ExecutorService, which will start the task for you.

With Java, there's no good way to get rid of this "boilerplate" code, mainly because you can't pass pointers to functions; everything needs to be an object.