Hi Rainer.
As long as you do not refactor "new DBReader()" to "new DBReader<T>()" there
won't be a way around it.
If you do not need to know the type in "reader.getBeanList" except for casting,
this Could suffice:
class DBReader<T> {
getBeanList(beanResult, maxItems) {
...
T someData = (T) someMethodCall();
...
}
}
If you need to do more, stick to what you posted (this is how Google Guava does
it, btw.) or do something funny at runtime using reflection.
The best source for help in cases like this is Angelika Langers generics FAQ:
http://www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html
Cheers,
Andi.
On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Rainer Döbele wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This might be a stupid question possibly but I just don't feel like
> investigating myself.
>
>
>
> I have introduced a new simple helper class called BeanResult to simplify
> queries for a list of POJO's a bit.
>
> I looks roughly like this:
>
>
>
> public class BeanResult<T extends Object> extends ArrayList<T>
>
> {
>
> private DBCommand cmd;
>
> private Class<T> type;
>
>
>
> public BeanResult(Class<T> type, DBCommand cmd)
>
> {
>
> this.type = type;
>
> this.cmd = cmd;
>
> }
>
>
>
> public int fetch(Connection conn, int maxItems)
>
> {
>
> clear();
>
> DBReader reader = new DBReader();
>
> try {
>
> // Open and Read
>
> reader.open(cmd, conn);
>
> reader.getBeanList(this, type, maxItems);
>
> return size();
>
>
>
> } finally {
>
> reader.close();
>
> }
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
> In order to use it, I must write the following:
>
>
>
> BeanResult<SampleBean> result = new BeanResult<SampleBean>(SampleBean.class,
> cmd);
>
>
>
> What I don't like is, that I have to pass the SampleBean.class in the
> constructor.
>
> I would rather just write:
>
>
>
> BeanResult<SampleBean> result = new BeanResult<SampleBean>(cmd);
>
>
>
> This is beause the getBeanList uses type.newInstance() to create new
> Instances of the bean.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know whether and how to determine the Class from T or another
> option to get rid of this extra parameter.
>
> I have checked the code in under the EMPIREDB-99 branch.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Rainer
>
>
>
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