TableCell.getTableRow() return value

[Richard Bair]

You should be able to add generics compatibly, you just can't change the generics signature. One shot to get it right IIRC.

> On Nov 25, 2015, at 8:57 AM, Jonathan Giles <jonathan.giles at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> It was an oversight at the time, and (from memory) is now a breaking change to fix it, so for now it remains as it is, sadly.
> 
> -- Jonathan
> Sent from a touch device. Please excuse my brevity.
> 
>> On 26 November 2015 03:33:04 GMT+13:00, Lawrence Parker <larry at answerrocket.com> wrote:
>> Seems like getTableRow() should return TableRow<S> instead of just
>> TableRow.  That way I wouldn’t have to cast getItem().
>> 
>>    https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.html
>> <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/TableCell.html>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   @Override
>>   public void updateItem(Boolean isEnabled, boolean empty) {
>> ...
>>       TestCase testCase = (TestCase)getTableRow().getItem();
>> 
>> This would be nicer:
>> 
>>       TestCase testCase = getTableRow().getItem();
>> 
>> Seems like an easy change to the getTableRow() method:
>> 
>> public class TableCell<S,T> extends IndexedCell<T> {
>> ...
>>   public final TableRow getTableRow() { return tableRow.get(); }
>> 
>> 
>> Was this an oversight, or is there a reason that getTableRow() needs to
>> return TableRow instead of TableRow<S>?
>> 
>> Thanks for any help.
>> 
>> -Larry