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Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter

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From	Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid>
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Subject	Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter
Date	Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:33:37 +0100
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On 08/02/2011 19:46, Ken Wesson allegedly wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:50:32 -0800, dalamb@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>
>> Is there any way around this, or is there just no way to refer to an
>> enum's values() method when the enum is a generic parameter?
>>
>>      public EnumCodeSet() {
>> 	enums = E.values();
>>      }
>
> That's not going to work. It's a static method of a class that isn't
> determined at this point in the code, so the compiler simply has no clue
> what to call. Hence the error message.
>
> If you really need to do something like this, you'll need to use
> reflection on a class object.

For the record: no. See my and ninja markspace's replies.

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Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-08 20:33 +0100
  Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-09 10:07 -0800
  Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-08 23:44 +0100
  Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte.net.invalid> - 2011-02-08 20:47 +0100
    Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-08 12:31 -0800
  Re: limitations on using enum as generic parameter Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-08 20:40 +0100

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