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Re: can this be done with generics?

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Responding to Robert Klemme:
> On 25.11.2013 12:59, Patrick Roemer wrote:
>> Responding to Andreas Leitgeb:
> 
>>> Is there a way to use *generics* for the methods of class Foo such that
>>> each foo#() returns the *static* type on which the compiler saw it
>>> applied?
>>
>> Just a naive attempt... Not sure if this matches your use case and
>> requirements - this will only work for a one-level hierarchy with an
>> abstract root class and will probably require some ugly gymnastics
>> inside the Foo method implementations:
> 
> The approach is all but naive.  And it can actually be made to work with 
> deeper hierarchies in a type safe way.  There is only a single 
> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") here:
> 
> package inh;
> 
> public class Foo<T extends Foo<?>> {
> 
>      public T foo() {
>          System.out.println(getClass().getName() + " in foo()");
>          return self();
>      }
> 
>      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
>      protected final T self() {
>          return (T) this;
>      }
> 
>      public static void main(String[] args) {
>          new Baz<Baz<?>>().foo().baz().bar();
>          new TheEnd().foo().last().baz().bar();
>      }
> 
> }

Very nice. The cast just manifests an implicit assumption, so I think
it's justified here. The wildcards are somewhat disconcerting - but
certainly better than not having a general solution at all. :)

Best regards,
Patrick

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can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-25 00:55 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-24 21:11 -0500
    Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 01:43 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 01:47 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:32 -0500
    Re: can this be done with generics? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-25 11:30 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Saxo <jeti789@web.de> - 2013-11-25 02:36 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-25 10:45 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:35 -0500
        Re: can this be done with generics? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2013-11-27 10:48 +0100
        Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 10:18 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Patrick Roemer <sangamon@netcologne.de> - 2013-11-25 12:59 +0100
    Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-25 22:31 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Patrick Roemer <sangamon@netcologne.de> - 2013-11-26 12:03 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2013-11-26 21:32 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 23:30 +0100
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 18:53 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-11-28 22:28 +0100
          Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-30 14:21 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2013-11-25 09:02 -0600
    Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 01:04 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-11-26 08:16 +0100
        Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 20:42 +0000
    Re: can this be done with generics? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-11-26 21:38 -0500
      Re: can this be done with generics? Mike Amling <mamling@chaff.us> - 2013-11-27 11:05 -0600
  Re: can this be done with generics? taqmcg@gmail.com - 2013-11-25 08:36 -0800
    Re: can this be done with generics? taqmcg@gmail.com - 2013-11-25 09:04 -0800
      Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-26 00:50 +0000
        Re: can this be done with generics? Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2013-11-26 07:10 +0100
          Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-11-27 18:58 +0000
  Re: can this be done with generics? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-12-07 09:04 -0800
    Re: can this be done with generics? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-12-07 19:20 +0000
      Re: can this be done with generics? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-12-10 11:14 -0800

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