Re: Unchecked call to compareTo
Tom Hawtin wrote:
class MyComparator<T extends Comparator<T>>
^^^Comparable...
implements Comparator<Record>
{
private final Class<? extends T> clazz;
public MyComparator(Class<? extends T> clazz) {
if (clazz == null) {
throw new NullPointerException();
}
Or:
if (clazz.getTypeParameters().length != 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Casts of erased generic type cannot be checked"
);
}
this.clazz = clazz;
}
public int compare(Record a, Record b) {
T ta = clazz.cast(get(a));
T tb = clazz.cast(get(b));
return ta.compareTo(tb);
}
...
}
Where's the catch? Well clazz cannot be a generic type (although T may
be). However, you are fine with BigDecimal, String, Date, etc.
Looking through the Java library, there doesn't appear to be any cases
where that is a problem. Although you could make up cases. For instance:
interface ComparableList<E extends Comparable<? super E>>
extends List<E>, Comparable<ComparableList<E>>
{
}
Tom Hawtin
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