It just looks like a belayed cast to me.
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From: "Niclas Hedhman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Java 1.5, fun with lookups and generics
> Leo Sutic said:
> > we all hate the:
> >
> > MyComponent comp = (MyComponent) lookup (MyComponent.ROLE);
>
> > ServiceManager sm = new DefaultServiceManager();
> > A a = sm.<A>lookup ("A");
>
> MyComponent comp = sm.<MyComponent>lookup( "MyComponent" );
>
>
> And that would be compile time checkable???
>
> The construct, IMHO, does not look any "nicer", so it'd better be
> compile time type safe... (even though I fail to see how :o( )
>
> Niclas
>
>
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