As an example, take a look at the Runtime Environment section of this
comparison of generics implemented in C# compared to Java. Within the
generic class there is no way to query for runtime type information in
Java like there is in C# due to erasure:
http://www.jprl.com/Blog/archive/development
Marcelo,
If instead of GenericTest you replace with e.g. Map
what I interpret you are saying is that you can't tell
from the (runtime) Map object what type it is meant to be used
with.
However, the client of such an object *will* know the type, like this:
public Map map1 = new HashMap();
Wouldn
actually my point was that you can only get the generic type
information in the cases where it is there in compile time
but, for instance, imagine that you had this:
public class GenericTest {
private List list = new ArrayList();
}
even if you create an instance of GenericTest with String, t
Can you please give an example with some bits of code?
I'm not sure what scenario you are trying to solve (or implying you
can't solve).
What are you going to use a Map instance field for?
(Would this be a "Generics" way of initialise a field?)
On Nov 10, 10:27 pm, "Marcelo Fukushima" <[EMAIL PRO
