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Re: generic extends problem

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From	Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject	Re: generic extends problem
Date	Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:22:29 -0400
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On 7/8/2014 2:24 AM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have got a complex class structure, the signature of the class is:
>
> public abstract class IMultiLayer<T extends IStepable & Painter> extends
> CompoundPainter<T> implements IQueue<T>, IViewableLayer, IDataLayer,
> IVoidStepable, ILayer
>
> The interfaces are defined like
>
> interface IDataLayer;
> interface IStepable;
> interface IViewableLayer;
>
> interface IVoidStepable extends IStepable;
> interface IReturnStepable extends IStepable;
> interface ILayer extends IStepable;
> interface IQueue<T> extends Queue<T>
>
>
> I create classes with
>
> public class myContent implements IStepable, Painter
>
> public class myLayer extends IMultiLayer<myContent>
>
> I can compile the structure with Java 1.8, but I get an
> ClassCastException. I have defined a Map
> with
>
> Map<String, ILayer> x = new Map();
> x.put( "test", new myLayer )
> (myLayer) x.get("test"); // the exception is raised on the cast
>
> The message text of the exception is: cannot be cast to IStepable.
> I don't understand way the exception is thrown, because the class
> implements the correct interface.
> If I swap T extends IStepable & Painter to T extends Painter &
> IStepable, I get the same exception with
> cannot be cast to Painter
>
> I'm a little bite clueless and need a hint to solve the problem

     Could you post some actual code, instead of paraphrasing?
What you've shown cannot possibly be what you're actually running
("new Map()", "new myLayer" with no parens, ...)

     See <http://sscce.org/>.

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Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid

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generic extends problem Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-08 08:24 +0200
  Re: generic extends problem Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-07-08 08:22 -0400
    Re: generic extends problem Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2014-07-22 14:54 +0200

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