/**
* This is a the master ________ superclass for all of the
* ________ implementations. This class relies on subclasses to
* manage the various device information, but provides an overall
* general framework for performing all of the requests in the
* _________ and ___________s APIs.
*
* @version 1.211 05/07/98
*/
public final class ____________

Now wait a second here… How is this a master superclass when you’ve defined the class as final and prevented anyone from ‘properly’ subclassing it?

How do people write comments like this without thinking, “gee… wait a second… this can’t be right.”

And if the original intention was to provide a master superclass, why wouldn’t you… gee… I don’t know, make it non-final?

It looks like I’ll have to encapsulate to make this one work right. If only I could remove that little ‘final’ bugger.

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