&quot;Java ca. 2001 style&quot; also seemed to include using every feature of J2EE even if it wasn&#x27;t <i>remotely</i> relevant.<p>Crazy files of constants seemed to feature a lot as well:<p><pre><code>   public final static string HTTP = &quot;HTTP&quot;;
   public final static string COLON = &quot;:&quot;;
   public final static string SLASH = &quot;&#x2F;&quot;;
</code></pre>
and then the inevitable:<p><pre><code>   string url = HTTP + COLON + SLASH + SLASH....;
</code></pre>
[I did think about posting it to the DailyWTF at the time but thought that might be bad form when you are the lone contractor trying to rescue the project.]