Off-topic: Java Reflection/Generics/Collections question

[Vladimir Tsvetkov]

What you try to do is not a valid operation in type-safe language as Java.
You can't convert Coll to Coll<ItemType>,
but you can cast Coll<?> to Coll<Whatever>.

Don't know if this is OK with the problem you're trying to solve

Merry Christmas!

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Frank Staals <frankstaals at gmx.net> wrote:

> Not realy a FreeBSD-specific question but I was not sure where I could find
> what I was looking for elseware (Googling did not manage to dig up much
> info):
>
> The problem:
>
> I want to set the type of objects some Collection object holds on runtime.
> In other wors I have an object C with: C extends AbstractCollection, I have
> the Class object T specifying what type of objects C should hold and I have
> a method M which takes a C<T> as an argument. I made a generic version of C
> (without the type) and now I have to set it so it can only carry objects of
> type T. Does anyone know how to do this ?
>
> Information in programming style:
>
> C extends AbstractCollection myCollection;
> Class itemType;
>
>
> public void myMethod(C<itemType> myCollectionArgument)
>
> How do I convert myCollection from being a C to a C<itemType>  on runtime
> so I can call myMethod(myCollection) ?
>
> I hope the explanation of my problem makes sense and someone can help me.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> --
>
> - Frank
>
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