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Generics Chapter 21 Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 1 Place these programs and their classes from folder Generics on the desktop GenericMethodDemo GenericClass.java GenericClass2.java Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 2 Objectives To use generic classes and interfaces from the API To declare generic classes and interfaces To understand why generic types can improve reliability and robustness To declare and use generic methods To know wildcard types and understand why they are necessary Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 3 Introduction Generic is the capability to parameterize types You can declare a generic type in class, interface, or method a You can specify a concrete type when using the generic class, interface or methods Generic types can improve readability, reliability and robustness for the program The new JDK 1.5 generic types provide a mechanism 4 Liang, Introduction to Java that supports type checking at Programming compile time Generic Type package java.lang; package java.lang; public interface Comaprable { public int compareTo(Object o) } public interface Comaprable<T> { public int compareTo(T o) } (b) JDK 1.5 (a) Prior to JDK 1.5 Runtime error Generic Instantiation Comparable c = new Date(); System.out.println(c.compareTo("red")); Comparable<Date> c = new Date(); System.out.println(c.compareTo("red")); (a) Prior to JDK 1.5 b) Improves reliability Liang, Introduction to Java Programming (b) JDK 1.5 Compile error 5 Generics contd. The prior slide declares that c is a reference variable whose type is Comparable<Date> in JDK 1.5 and invokes the compareTo method to compare a Date object with a string. The code has a compile error, because the argument passed to the compareTo method must be of the Date type. Since the errors can be detected at compile time rather than at runtime. The generic type makes the program more reliable. Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 6 Generics contd. Caution: Generic type must be reference types. You cannot substitute a generic type with a primitive such as int, double, or char, float, etc. However, you can use wrapper classes such as Integer, Double, Character, etc instead. Note: Occasionally , a generic class may have more than one parameter. In this case, place the parameters together inside the angle brackets, separated by commas such as <E1, E2, E3> Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 7 The ArrayList Class in JDK1.5 is now a Generic class Java.util.ArrayList<E> +ArrayList() +add(E o): boolean +add(int index, E element) : void +clear() : void +clone() : Object +get(int index) : E +indexOf(Object elem) : int +set(int index, E element) : E Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 8 ArrayList The ArrayList class is a generic class. You can form array lists that collect different types, such as ArrayList<String>, ArrayList<Customers> and so on Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 9 Create an ArrayList Create a list for a String ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); Add only strings to the list list.add(“red”); The following statement will generate an error list.add(new Integer(1)); because list can only contain strings Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 10 No Casting Needed Casting is not needed to retrieve a value from a list with a specified element type because the compilier already knows the element type: ArrayList<Double> list = new ArrayList<Double>(); list.add(5.5); // 5.5 is automatically converted to new Double(5.5) list.add(3.0); // 3.0 is automatically converted to new Double(3.0) Double doubleObject = list.get(0); // No casting is needed double d = list.get(1); // Automatically converted to double Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 11 Implementing Generic Classes We need to give names to the type variables. It is consider good form to give short uppercase names for type variables, such as the following: Type Variable Name Meaning E Element type in a collection K Key type in a map V Value type in a map T General type S,U Additional general types Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 12 Syntax for Defining a Generic Class accessSpecifier class GenericClassName <TypeVariable1, TypeVariable2,…> { constructors methods fields } Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 13 Creating a Generic Class public class GenericClass<E> { private E[] element; //an array to store elements private int size; //default constructor public GenericClass() { element = (E[]) new Object[10];//set physical size of 10 size = 0; } Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 14 Important Facts It is important to note that a generic class is shared by all its instances (objects) regardless of its actual generic type. GenericStack<String> stack1 = new GenericStack<String> (); GenericStack<Integer> stack2 = new GenericStack<Integer> (); Although GenericStack<String> and GenericStack<Integer> are two types, but there is only one class GenericStack loaded into the JVM. Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 15 Generic methods public static <E> void print (E[] list) { for (int i =0; i < list.length; i++) System.out.print(list[i] + " "); System.out.println(); } In main: Integer[] integers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; String[] strings = {"London", "Paris", "New York" }; ClassName.<Integer>print(integers); ClassName.<String>print(strings); Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 16 Example Run the program : GenericClass.java Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 17 Wild Card To create a generic method , a wild card must be used The wild card argument is specified by the ? The wild card specify the unknown type Run program GenericClass2.java Liang, Introduction to Java Programming 18