Re: abstract classes and generic types
BTW - with the below I did find a workaround. If I say:
private<K> void _setHelper(Set<K> parm, Integer key)
{
parm.add((K) key);
}
ie, ie explicitly cast it, this works. But it also tells me that I'm
using unsafe operations.
This should not be unsafe - there's got to be a better solution than
this out there. Else are generics inherently unsafe?
import java.util.*;
class AA
{
Set<?> example;
aa()
{
example = new HashSet<Integer>();
_setHelper(example, new Integer(1));
System.out.println(example);
}
private<K> void _setHelper(Set<K> parm, K key)
{
parm.add(key);
}
}
where I'm attempting to give the compiler a little push in the right
direction, showing that Set<K> should be linked with the ?. I would
have thought this would have worked, but no.
Of course, if I explicitly cast it - (Set<Integer>)example, it works,
but that gets rid of the point of generics, doesn't it?
So any ideas around this?
(ps - wrt language lawyering, with all respect I detest camelcase, and
will only use it if required by convention. And no - I don't go around
naming my variables mySet, etc.. I do it for example.. so thanks for
the concern, but no thanks..
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