On Mar 24, 9:47 am, Alessio Stalla <alessiosta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reflection is aware of generic type > variables:http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Generi... > > What is lost at runtime is information about *instantiation* of those > variables: e.g. you can't distinguish a method returning List<String> from > one returning List<Integer>.
I think you mean, you can't tell a List<String> from a List<Integer> once it's been returned. As you demonstrated, telling which kind of list a particular method will return can be done via reflection. > (Actually, not even all instantiations of > generic type variables are lost at runtime, > seehttp://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/12/super-type-tokens.htmlfor an example). That's really nifty. Thanks for the link. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
