generics doubt

[sharan vasandani]

hi,

List l=new List();
l.add("hi");
l.add("hello");

String s=l.get(0);////here

but what is the return type here by default?i know i will need a cast to String for making the code correct.

[Chandra Bhatt]

Originally posted by Saran:
List l=new List();

l.add("hi");
l.add("hello");

String s=l.get(0);////here

but what is the return type here by default?i know i will need a cast to String for making the code correct.

List l = new ArrayList();
//List l is not type safe so by default it is
List<?> l;
But don't treat it like
List<Object> l;

The difference between List<?> and List<Object>:
List<?> l = new ArrayList<Animal>(); //OK
l = new ArrayList<String>(); //OK
l = new ArrayList<Integer>(); //OK

But
List<Object> l;
l = new ArrayList<Object>(); //OK
l = new ArrayList<String>(); //ERROR
l = new ArrayList<Integer>(); //ERROR
l = new ArrayList(); //OK with warning, unsafe operation

You got the difference, List<Object> l can only hold reference of a List(Object that IS-A List of course) and parameterized with Object;

In your example what is returned is Object, so you have to cast from Object to String because you know it is String ultimately.


Regards,
cmbhatt
[ April 16, 2007: Message edited by: Chandra Bhatt ]

[Nitesh Kant]

Originally posted by sharan vasandani:
hi,

List l=new List();
l.add("hi");
l.add("hello");

String s=l.get(0);////here

but what is the return type here by default?i know i will need a cast to String for making the code correct.

If you do not specify the type of the object you will be storing in the List ,by writing List<String> , the return type will be Object.
[ April 16, 2007: Message edited by: Nitesh Kant ]

[Chandra Bhatt]

Nitesh Kant says:
If you do not specify the type of the object you will be storing in the List ,by writing List<String> , the return type will be Object.

By writing List<String> why will the return type be Object?



cmbhatt

[Tommaso Nuccio]

Originally posted by Chandra Bhatt:


By writing List<String> why will the return type be Object?



cmbhatt

It says "If you do NOT..."

[Nitesh Kant]

Originally posted by Chandra Bhatt:


By writing List<String> why will the return type be Object?



cmbhatt

I wrote:
If you do not specify the type of the object you will be storing in the List ,by writing List<String> , the return type will be Object.

Probably, this is the reason why, most question papers put "not" as bold. I should have done the same.

[Chandra Bhatt]

Tommaso and Nitesh,

Nitesh says:
Probably, this is the reason why, most question papers put "not" as bold. I should have done the same.

I agree, and not only in bold, the font size of that should be 72

By the way thanks for clarifying!!!


Regards,
cmbhatt

[Omer Haderi]

hi,

List l=new List();
l.add("hi");
l.add("hello");

String s=l.get(0);////here

but what is the return type here by default?i know i will need a cast to String for making the code correct.

Hello there,

By the way, you can not say
List l = new List() List is an interface and can not be instantiated.

Cheers.

[Nitesh Kant]

Originally posted by Omer Haderi:


Hello there,

By the way, you can not say
List l = new List() List is an interface and can not be instantiated.

Cheers.

Dude thats a good catch
No one really noticed that !!!

[Chandra Bhatt]

Wow Omer,

Fantastic catch in the current reference (when talk had lmost ended)!

List is an interface and can't be instantiated!!!




Regards,
cmbhatt

[sharan vasandani]

sorry,my mistake