Hi, I would expect this to work, have you tried specifying index parameters for the constructor arguments?
Also, it would be worth opening a JIRA with some failing example code attached (unless of course you want to supply some tests and a fix :)). Blueprint gets fairly regular attention from the committers, so I imagine a JIRA will get dealt with reasonably quickly. Regards, Tim > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:54:42 -0400 > Subject: Generics And Aries Blueprint > From: gareth.o.coll...@gmail.com > To: user@aries.apache.org > > Hello, > > Is injection using java 5 generics allowed? > > My scenario - I am creating two generic classes: > > public class MyClass1<V extends MyBaseClass> implements Runnable { > public MyClass1(long myArgument) { > } > } > > ----- > public class MyClass2<E extends MyBaseClass> implements MyInterface<E> { > // just using default constructor > } > > which I want to insert into another class: > > public class MyClass3 { > public MyClass3(MyClass1<MyImplementationClass> myClass1, > MyInterface<MyImplementationClass> myInterface) { > } > } > > In my blueprint file I have: > > <bean id="myClass1" class="com.mycompany.MyClass1" > init-method="start" destroy-method="stop"> > <argument value="5000" /> > </bean> > > <bean id="myClass2" class="com.mycompany.MyClass2" /> > > <bean id="myClass3" class="com.mycompany.MyClass3" > > <argument ref="myClass1"/> > <argument ref="myClass2"/> > </bean> > > If I run this as is, blueprint will throw the following exception: > > org.osgi.service.blueprint.container.ComponentDefinitionException: > Unable to find a matching constructor on class com.myCompany.myClass3 > for arguments [com.mycompany.MyClass1@787f7957, > com.mycompany.MyClass2@66525531] when instanciating bean myClass3 > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.getInstance(BeanRecipe.java:272)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate(BeanRecipe.java:706)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe.create(AbstractRecipe.java:64)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createInstances(BlueprintRepository.java:219)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createAll(BlueprintRepository.java:147)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.instantiateEagerComponents(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:640)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.doRun(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:331)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.run(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:227)[31:org.apache.aries.blueprint:0.3.1] > at > java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)[:1.6.0_26] > at > java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)[:1.6.0_26] > at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)[:1.6.0_26] > at > java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)[:1.6.0_26] > at > java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:206)[:1.6.0_26] > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)[:1.6.0_26] > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)[:1.6.0_26] > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)[:1.6.0_26] > > If I remove the generic specification from the MyClass3 constructor, > everything works OK: > > public class MyClass3 { > public MyClass3(MyClass1 myClass1, MyInterface myInterface) { > } > } > > Is that what is supposed to happen? Am I not allowed to use generics > in constructor arguments? > > thanks in advance, > Gareth