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We should not do dumb polling - usually this is laziness. Prefer callbacks and #wait #notify #notifyAll or other such efficient mechanisms. If you do poll (don't) for gosh sake, do it at 250ms or above.

Good Java Practices

When we make shortcuts, like violating encapsulation, we create situations that may be reasonable now, but cause problems later. We don't want to be pedantic, but many of the lessons from Object Oriented programming prevent problems down the line.

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