The Java code mostly looks bad because it's a statically typed language, and templated/generified code always looks ugly (in part because it's going directly ag

The Java code mostly looks bad because it's a statically typed language, and templated/generified code always looks ugly (in part because it's going directly against the general grain of the language). If you were content throwing around lists of Objects like back in pre-generics days, the original code would be pretty readable. Though still not terse.