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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:36:12 +0200
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Because this generics info is not available at runtime?

http://gafter.blogspot.com/2004/09/puzzling-through-erasure-answer.html
http://gafter.blogspot.com/2006/11/reified-generics-for-java.html

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Rainer D=F6bele <doebele@esteam.de> wrote:
> Hi Andi,
>
> thanks for your answer. I should possibly have a look at Guava.
>
> As mentioned the problem is not really the DBReader, but the fact, that i=
n order to fill the list, new instances of T have to created.
> So basically the problem can be reduced to:
>
> public class BeanResult<T extends Object> extends ArrayList<T>
> {
>
> =A0 =A0public BeanResult(Class<T> c, DBCommand cmd)
> =A0 =A0{
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0T obj =3D c.newInstance();
> =A0 =A0}
> ...
>
> And the question remains, whether or not it is possible at all, to get ri=
d of the "Class<T> c" parameter.
> I don't really understand, why it is not possible to extract the Class fr=
om T.
>
> Regards,
> Rainer
>
>
> Andreas Fink wrote:
>> from: Andreas Fink [mailto:andi@andreasfink.com]
>> to: empire-db-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> re: Re: Stupid generics question (possibly)
>>
>> 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> {
>>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 getBeanList(beanResult, maxItems) {
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ...
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 T someData =3D (T) someMethodCall();
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ...
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 }
>>
>> }
>>
>> 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 D=F6bele 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>
>> >
>> > {
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0private DBCommand cmd;
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0private Class<T> type;
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0public BeanResult(Class<T> type, DBCommand cmd)
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0{
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0this.type =3D type;
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0this.cmd =3D cmd;
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0}
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0public int fetch(Connection conn, int maxItems)
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0{
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0clear();
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0DBReader reader =3D new DBReader();
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0try {
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0// Open and Read
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0reader.open(cmd, conn);
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0reader.getBeanList(this, type, maxItems);
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0return size();
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0} finally {
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0reader.close();
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0}
>> >
>> > =A0 =A0}
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > In order to use it, I must write the following:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > BeanResult<SampleBean> result =3D 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 =3D 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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>
>



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