I love how Scala solves this problem (or rather, provides the same functionality while avoiding the problem altogether): http://louisbotterill.blogspot.com/200

I love how Scala solves this problem (or rather, provides the same functionality while avoiding the problem altogether): http://louisbotterill.blogspot.com/2009/02/scala-implicit-conversions.html http://louisbotterill.blogspot.com/2009/02/scala-implicit-co... http://www.codecommit.com/blog/scala/scala-for-java-refugees-part-6 http://www.codecommit.com/blog/scala/scala-for-java-refugees... Edit - more links, more detail: http://technically.us/code/x/the-awesomeness-of-scala-is-implicit http://technically.us/code/x/the-awesomeness-of-scala-is-imp... http://scala.sygneca.com/code/simplifying-jdbc http://scala.sygneca.com/code/simplifying-jdbc