Problem with Generics

[Arsineh Keshishian]

Hi guys,

I'm having problem with question 16 in chapter 7(Generics).

Given a method declared as:
public static <E extends Number> List<? super E> process(List<E> nums)

And

// INSERT DECLARATIONS HERE
output = process(input);

Why is the following declaratin wrong?

ArrayList<Integer> input = null;
List<Number> output = null;


Assumed <E> resolves to <Integer>.
Then the return type List<? super E> could be resovled to List<Number> since Number is the ancestor of Integer.
So what is wrong about this?
Please, I'm not getting this

Thank you very much!
Arsineh

[Frank Hinkel]

Howdy,
its just a DrunkenKathyAndBertWhileWritingBooksError.

Correct line looks like:
public static <E extends Number> List<E> process(List<E> nums)

[Tarun Kumar]

this problem come earlier also on the forum.
actually it simisprinting.

public static <E extends Number> List<? super E> process(List<E> nums)

it is correctly as
public static <E extends Number> List<E> process(List<E> nums)

[Arsineh Keshishian]

Thank you very much