Idea how to implement VT/VO compatibility in JVM

Stéphane Épardaud stef at epardaud.fr
Thu Jan 22 13:38:41 UTC 2015


On 01/22/2015 02:26 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
>
> In other words, Collection<?> means Collection<? extends Object>. 
> Therefore, primitives and values are outside the domain supported by 
> the unbounded wildcard.
>
> To fix that, you need to change 'm' as follows:
>
> <any T> void m2(Collection<T> c) { ... }
>
> m(ls); //ok
> m(lo); //ok
> m(li); //ok
> m(lmpv); //ok
>
> Is this what you were asking?

Except you're again relying on compile-time available instantiations of 
`T`. Frameworks don't have those, they work by discovery as in my example.


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