Re: ListEditor is there a way to edit a generic type?

2010-12-09 Thread DaveC
Thanks for the reply rjcarr but, perhaps I didn't ask the right question... given the following ListEditor bits: interface ListEditorDriver extends SimpleBeanEditorDriver, ListEditor> {} private ListEditor editor = ListEditor.of(new AbstractAnimalSource()); private ListEditorDriver driver = GWT.

Re: ListEditor is there a way to edit a generic type?

2010-12-08 Thread rjcarr
Is this a GWT question? It sounds like a generic polymorphism question. If the latter, you have two options. Either add wing span information to the parent type (Animal) or do explicit checks for Birds and then do a cast. Good luck! On Dec 8, 9:11 am, DaveC wrote: > Hi, > > What I'm trying to

ListEditor is there a way to edit a generic type?

2010-12-08 Thread DaveC
Hi, What I'm trying to do is pass ListEditor a list of generic types e.g. an AbstractAnimal type but what the list gets might be a Bird type, a Fish type, Mammal... etc... The problem is that that my Bird type has a property "wingSpan" which the Fish type does not.. they might also share a proper