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http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/webservices/xmlrpc/trunk/server/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/server/RequestProcessorFactoryFactory.java?view=markup

just look at that url for a second... (if it doesn't go off screen, that is)

the domain... sure. whatever.
viewvc. yeah. k.
webservices/xmlrpc/trunk/server/src/main/java -- damn... we haven't even hit code yet!
org/apache/xmlrpc/server -- WE STILL haven't hit code yet!?!

and then... the kicker:

wtf? ... wow. check it:

public interface RequestProcessorFactoryFactory { ... }

this thing declares an interface for a factory that produces other factories that produce things that process requests. processing requests... request processing. factory of factory of... I feel like the lawyer in Idiocracy. duuuh... errr. ummm.

How many freakin' levels of indirection does this world need? It's not even a class.

kill. me. now.

(Via Labnotes » Rounded Corners - 196.)