Without a Class argument how is it returning/casting correctly? Shouldn't it be
public <W> IWrapModel<W> wrapOnInheritance(Component component,Class<W> type) to make W available within the method? On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Dan Retzlaff <dretzl...@gmail.com> wrote: > The first <W> let's the compiler know that the second <W> is a generic type > and not a reference to some class named W. It's just syntax. > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Niranjan Rao <nhr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok, I admit it - I don't understand this function at all defined in > > IComponentInheritedModel > > > > public <W> IWrapModel<W> wrapOnInheritance(Component component) > > > > I don't understand meaning of <W> and IWrapModel<W>. I know generics > > generally, but this syntax has been baffling me. Based on what eclipse is > > trying to do, it seems like it will return IWrapModel<W>, but then what > does > > first <W> do? I tried some google searches, but could not find the > answer. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Niranjan > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@wicket.**apache.org< > users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > > > >
