Re: enum/generics typesafe getter for generic types
"Piotr Kobzda" <pikob@gazeta.pl> wrote in message
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visionset wrote:
Yes, but how do I now use this class to form a generic getter outside of
Key class?
For this kind of call:
String s = foo.get(Key.A_KEY);
because I'm not instantiating Key, I can't pass in a <Type> so I can't
form a generic method.
You can, declare it e.g. like that:
public <T> T get(Key<T> key) { ...
But I think there is a T resolution issue outside the Key class.
public class Preference {
public static final Key<String> A_KEY = new Key<String>();
public static final Key<String> B_KEY = new Key<String>();
public static final Key<Integer> C_KEY = new Key<Integer>();
public static final Key<Integer> D_KEY = new Key<Integer>();
public static class Key<T> {
// how to get T outside of Key class?
}
private Map<Key, T> map; // how to define this?
public <T> T get(Key<T> key) {
// what goes here
return map.get(T);
}
public void testGet() {
String s = get(A_KEY);
}
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