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Thread: Generics and Inheritence.

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    Default Generics and Inheritence.

    I've an interface with generic methods in it. I would like to have specialized methods in the sub types. While doing that I'm seeing the following warnings in eclipse. Appreciate if someone can clarify:

    class Sorter {
    <E> void sort(E[] elements);
    };
     
    class StringSorter {
     
    // This gives me a warning 'hiding' to 'sort'
    <String> void sort(String[] elements) {
    }
     
    // Gives me an error "The method someCrap(String[]) in the type StringSorter is not applicable for the arguments (String[])"
    void someCrap(String[] elements) {
    }
    };

    I would like to understand why eclipse gives the above warnings and errors.

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    Default Re: Generics and Inheritence.

    Try this:
    class Sorter<E> {
    <E> void sort(E[] elements);
    };
     
    class StringSorter implements Sorter<String> {
     
    // This gives me a warning 'hiding' to 'sort'
    <String> void sort(String[] elements) {
    }
    };

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    Default Re: Generics and Inheritence.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    Try this:
    class Sorter<E> {
    <E> void sort(E[] elements);
    };
     
    class StringSorter implements Sorter<String> {
     
    // This gives me a warning 'hiding' to 'sort'
    <String> void sort(String[] elements) {
    }
    };
    I don't what a generic class. I wish my component is agnostic to the specific type. My component gets injected with the implementation. Consumers consume it from my component. Consumer is expected to know the type of the instance and use it accordingly.

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    Default Re: Generics and Inheritence.

    Please post actual code that demonstrates the problem. Your explanation is muddled by ambiguous terminology.

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