Re: Using generics and annotations to resolve implementation interface
Meidos wrote:
interface Handler<A extends Annotation> {
handle(A annotation);
}
Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, Handler<?>> handlerMap;
handlerMap.put(SomeAnnotation.class, new SomeAnnotationHandler());
The problem is that when I get the Handler from the map, it will be a
Handler of type Handler<? extends Annotation>, and I cannot call
handle() on it because the type is unspecified. How can I solve this?
You are going to need an unchecked cast.
class AnnotationHandlerMap {
private final Map<
Class<? extends Annotation>, Handler<? extends Annotation>
> map = new java.util.HashMap<
Class<? extends Annotation>, Handler<? extends Annotation>
>();
public <A extends Annotation> void put(
Class<A> type, Handler<A> handler
) {
map.put(type, handler);
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public <A extends Annotation> Handler<A> get(Class<A> type) {
return (Handler<A>)map.get(type);
}
...
}
(Dislaimer: Not tested or even compiled.)
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