On 9/7/05, Jeroen Frijters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what you mean by "Java" <g>. The JVM (outside of reflection > support) has absolutely no knowledge of generics, so as far as the JIT > and EE are concerned both are identical.
That was why I phrased my question as "any distinction at all" - I know that different bits of the Java world have different levels of understanding of generics :) > > In other words, will there be any difference in bytecode between: > > class MyList implements List > > and > > class MyList implements List<Object> > > The <Object> part is a separate attribute in the class file, but that > attribute is only used for reflection and by Java compilers. Hmm, sounds like Japitools should recognize that distinction, then. Especially if it makes a difference to the compiler. Out of interest, exactly what difference in behavior would you see in the compiler and/or reflection based on those two different declarations of MyList? Stuart. -- http://sab39.dev.netreach.com/ _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
