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Re: Parameterized collection catch-22

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On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:14:27 AM UTC-7, markspace wrote:
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> public <A extends AddressInfo> void  mergeAddressInfo( List<A> a,
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>                  List<A> b )
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> {...
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> Now the compiler knows that a and b are of the same type.  It will 
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> enforce that when you call the method (give you an error) and it will 
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> allow operations that make sense for lists of the same type.
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Ah thanks very much. I should have known that.

They added generics to Java after I learned it, I still don't think of them.

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> (Not compiled or tested.)
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it's OK, I see what you're saying


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Parameterized collection catch-22 zapanaz_googlegroups@hotmail.com - 2014-03-11 09:36 -0700
  Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-03-11 11:14 -0700
    Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 zapanaz_googlegroups@hotmail.com - 2014-03-16 17:04 -0700
      Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 15:42 -0700
        Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 zapanaz_googlegroups@hotmail.com - 2014-03-23 16:35 -0700
  Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2014-03-12 09:51 -0700
    Re: Parameterized collection catch-22 zapanaz_googlegroups@hotmail.com - 2014-03-16 17:06 -0700

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