Re: How to specify an undetermined Object (Generic) as parameter in method() ?

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:27:14 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<1c1fb7a3-b8cb-46da-be0d-b8461e685222@w2g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
Gianni Galore wrote:

Assume I have a method similar to

public Set<AAA> myMethod ( ...???..., Set<BBB> inparm2) {
    ...
}

What do I have to fill in "???" to be able to pass various different obj=

ects.

In other words afterwards calls like the following should be valid:

CCCType c = new CCCType();
DDDType d = new DDDType();
....

... = myMethod(c, ....);

or

... = myMethod(d, ...);

Is there something like:

public Set<AAA> myMethod ( Object<> inparm1, Set<BBB> inparm2)=

 {

    ...
}


Arne Vajh=F8j wrote:

public Set<AAA> myMethod ( AAA inparm1, BBB inparm1, Set<BBB> inpa=

rm2) {

If not in a class that has a type parameter, you must provide one at
the method declaration:

  public <A> Set <A> myMeth( A parm, Foo parm2 )
         ^^^

Our cross-posting OP did not specify 3-arity for the method.

Almost never use multi-character type parameters.

--
Lew

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