Simplifying reified generics with partial specialization

[Ron Pressler]

A specialized class does not extend its "template" (i.e. ArrayList<int>
doesn't extend ArrayList) but still implement its interfaces.

As to your other example, you'd get a
ClassCastException/ArrayStoreException because the storage is still
specialized. This behavior is specifically allowed by the List interface
contract.

Ron Pressler
paralleluniverse.co
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Simon Ochsenreither <simon at ochsenreither.de>
wrote:

> > Why, you'd get an NPE, of course! While ArrayList<int> would be a
> List<Integer>, it will *not* be an ArrayList<Integer>.
>
> That sounds incredibly asymmetric. What's the rule behind "it implements
> X, but not Y"?
>
>
> What about the second, more interesting case I mentioned?
>