But the question remains in my mind whether there is any generic type
definition you could write that would allow you to cast the entrySet()
to a "Set<Map.Entry<capture-of ? extends K, capture-of ? extends V>>"
equivalent?
To put it another way, I would expect that
for (Map.Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> entry : map.entrySet())
should complain that the declaration of 'entry' is not compatible with
the 'capture-of ? extends K' etc.
(It's still a useful cheat though)
Regards,
Tim
Neil Bartlett wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> It's a tricky one to be sure.
>
> The problem is that the entrySet() method is returning a
> "Set<Map.Entry<capture-of ? extends K, capture-of ? extends V>>",
> which is incompatible with the type "Set<Map.Entry<? extends K, ?
> extends V>>". It's easier to describe why if I drop the "extends K"
> and "extends V" part. So we have "Set<Map.Entry<?, ?>" and
> "Set<Map.Entry<capture-of ?, capture-of ?>>".
>
> The first one, "Set<Map.Entry<?, ?>>" is a set of Map.Entries of
> different types - ie it is a heterogeneous collection. It could
> contain a Map.Entry<Long, Date> and a Map.Entry<String, ResultSet>>
> and any other pair of types, all in the same set.
>
> On the other hand, "Set<Map.Entry<capture-of ?, capture-of ?>>" is a
> homogenous collection of the same (albeit unknown) pair of types. Eg
> it might be a Set<Map.Entry<Long, Date>>, so all of the entries in the
> set MUST be Map.Entry<Long, Date>.
>
> In general, even if you could assign this to a local variable without
> unchecked type safety warnings, you wouldn't be able to call any
> methods on it because the compiler cannot check whether the access is
> type-safe. For example you would not be able to call add() because the
> Set must contain a specific type, but the compiler doesn't know which
> specific type that is!
>
> Regards
> Neil
>
> On 5/11/06, Nathan Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Does someone understand why this works this way? This seems so odd. I
>> know
>> there are quirks to the generics syntax, but this in an edge I haven't
>> run
>> into yet. I haven't been able to make this one click in my head yet.
>>
>> This compiles fine:
>> public synchronized void putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V>
>> map) {
>> for (Map.Entry<? extends K,? extends V> entry : map.entrySet()) {
>> ...
>> }
>> }
>>
>> This won't compile at all:
>> public synchronized void putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V>
>> map) {
>> Set<Map.Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>> entries =
>> map.entrySet();
>> ...
>> }
>> The error is: Type mismatch: cannot convert from
>> Set<Map.Entry<capture-of ?
>> extends K,capture-of ? extends V>> to Set<Map.Entry<? extends K,? extends
>> V>>
>> The suggested quick fix in Eclipse is "Set<?> entries = ...".
>>
>> This reports a warning:
>> public synchronized void putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V>
>> map) {
>> Map<K,V> map2 = (Map<K,V>)map;
>> }
>> The warning is: Type safety: The cast from Map<capture-of ? extends
>> K,capture-of ? extends V> to Map<K,V> is actually checking against the
>> erased type Map
>> The suggested quick fix in Eclipse is to the annotation:
>> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked").
>>
>> -Nathan
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:59 AM
>> > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > Subject: Thanks Stepan! (was: Re: [jira] Resolved: (HARMONY-454)
>> > [classlib][luni] java.util.Set generics uplift and related changes)
>> >
>> > Stepan Mishura (JIRA) wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> > > 2) To avoid casting while-loop was replaced with for-loop. Could you
>> > review the change?
>> >
>> > I was scratching my head about this cast, so I was very pleased to see
>> > your elegant solution.
>> >
>> > I must admit that I don't really understand why the for-loop version is
>> > inherently different (other than it 'hides' the casting) -- but I've
>> > learned a new pattern there :-)
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Tim
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>> > IBM Java technology centre, UK.
>> >
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