Hi, I think the main reason is we have other File related components such Ftp, Sftp extends the GenericFileComponent and has different File type which doesn’t share the same File parent.
-- Willem Jiang Red Hat, Inc. Web: http://www.redhat.com Blog: http://willemjiang.blogspot.com (English) http://jnn.iteye.com (Chinese) Twitter: willemjiang Weibo: 姜宁willem On March 8, 2015 at 11:55:20 PM, Christian Eugster (c.eugs...@docuteam.ch) wrote: > Hi, > > maybe it is a thumb question, but I could not resolive it by myself using > google and documentation: > Why is GenericFile a generic type? Or, what are the benefits of this? I did > not find any > explanations about it. Thank you! > > Christian > > Christian Eugster > Docuteam GmbH > Langacker 16 > Postfach > CH-5405 Baden-Dättwil > +41 (0)56 470 03 37 > c.eugs...@docuteam.ch > > > > > >
