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Passing primitive values while instantiating a parameterized type (generic) in Java?
Generics is a concept in Java where you can enable a class, interface and, method, accept all (reference) types as parameters. In other words it is the concept which enables the users to choose the reference type that a method, constructor of a class accepts, dynamically. By defining a class as generic you are making it type-safe i.e. it can act up on any datatype.
Example
class Student<T>{
T age;
Student(T age){
this.age = age;
}
public void display() {
System.out.println("Value of age: "+this.age);
}
}
public class GenericsExample {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Student<Float> std1 = new Student<Float>(25.5f);
std1.display();
Student<String> std2 = new Student<String>("25");
std2.display();
Student<Integer> std3 = new Student<Integer>(25);
std3.display();
}
}Output
Value of age: 25.5 Value of age: 25 Value of age: 25
Passing primitive values
The Generic types are intended for reference types, you cannot pass primitive datatypes to them if you do so a compile time error will be generated.
Example
class Student<T>{
T age;
Student(T age){
this.age = age;
}
}
public class GenericsExample {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Student<Float> std1 = new Student<Float>(25.5f);
Student<String> std2 = new Student<String>("25");
Student<int> std3 = new Student<int>(25);
}
}Compile time error
GenericsExample.java:11: error: unexpected type Student<int> std3 = new Student<int>(25); ^ required: reference found: int GenericsExample.java:11: error: unexpected type Student<int> std3 = new Student<int>(25); ^ required: reference found: int 2 errors
Example
public class GenericMethod {
<T>void sampleMethod(T[] array) {
for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++) {
System.out.println(array[i]);
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
GenericMethod obj = new GenericMethod();
Integer intArray[] = {45, 26, 89, 96};
obj.sampleMethod(intArray);
String stringArray[] = {"Krishna", "Raju", "Seema", "Geeta"};
obj.sampleMethod(stringArray);
char charArray[] = {'a', 's', 'w', 't'};
obj.sampleMethod(charArray);
}
}Output
GenericMethod.java:16: error: method sampleMethod in class GenericMethod cannot be applied to given types; obj.sampleMethod(charArray); ^ required: T[] found: char[] reason: inference variable T has incompatible bounds equality constraints: char upper bounds: Object where T is a type-variable: T extends Object declared in method <T>sampleMethod(T[]) 1 error
Updated on: 09-Sep-2019
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