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    Default generic class

    I want to make a generic list class for, let's say, storing a graph. For each node (raging from 1 to n) I keep a linked list for it's neighbors. But I don't want to make an array of lists. I want to use the generic class for making a linked list of linked lists. Roughly speaking, I want to obtain something like this: myList< myList<Integer> > Graph. How can I do it?

    I will post a part of the code, to be more precise:

    class Node<T>{
    	T key;
    	Node<T> prevNode, nextNode;
     
    	Node(T val) {
    		key = val;
    	}
    }
     
    class List<T extends Comparable<T>> {
    	Node<T> FirstNode, LastNode;
     
            void insert(T val) { ... }
            void write() { ... }
    }
     
    class myMain {
    	public static void main(String arg[]) {
     
              List< something > Graph = new List< something >();
              .... 
    } }

    Thank you for your help.


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    Default Re: generic class

        final List<List<Integer>> someList = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();

    Something like that, you can easily have a list of lists

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    Default Re: generic class

    Do you mean
        final ArrayList<List<Integer>> someList = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
    ?

    When I write as you said to, I get this error: type parameter List<java.lang.Integer> is not within it's bounds.

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    Default Re: generic class

    No I mean.

            final List<List<Integer>> someList = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
            someList.add(new ArrayList<Integer>());

    That works just fine for me

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    Now it works. Thank you.

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