Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: What Does it Mean to Pass a Generic Class Itself as a Parameter? Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <10851131.278.1318273920911.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prng5> References: Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 2620:0:1000:fd42:224:d7ff:fe69:5838 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1318273923 16037 127.0.0.1 (10 Oct 2011 19:12:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:12:03 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2620:0:1000:fd42:224:d7ff:fe69:5838; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8687 KevinSimonson wrote: >>> Can anyone tell me what's going on here? In {Wierd} itself is the >>> {Wierd} that's being extended in the angle brackets the same {Wierd} >>> that's being defined in this file? On a tangential note, it's best practice to make identifiers, such as your = class name 'Wierd', either sufficiently obviously not intended to be a natu= ral-language word that spelling is not an issue, or to spell it the same as= the natural-language word it resembles. So, for example, to model a bound= ary, 'bnd' would be an acceptable variable name, but 'boundray' would not b= e. The reason is that it's too difficult for maintainers to get near-miss = spelling correct - the pull to spell the variable or type name the same as = the natural-language word is just too strong. So fix the spelling of 'Wierd'. --=20 Lew