Java generics

[Kuciwalker]

I haven't used Java for several years, and when I last did 1.5 had just been released. How do I initialize an array of generics? Eclipse complains about this:

E[] list;
...
list = new E[size];

[Pekka]

Haven't played with java either for a while, briefly introduced myself to 1.5 (or 5.0.. whatever)..

Does this help to work it around? Saw this somewhere..


E[] data = (E[]) new Object[10];

[Asher]

E[] list;
...
list = new <E> E[size];

?

[Pekka]

Also, that's not how you would go about creating generic arrays anyway.. ???

[Kuciwalker]

That works, though it generates a warning. I imagine it's technically unsafe because the Object[] doesn't guarantee it will only accept E's, but it works.

edit: xpost*2

[Asher]

Originally posted by Pekka
Haven't played with java either for a while, briefly introduced myself to 1.5 (or 5.0.. whatever)..

Does this help to work it around? Saw this somewhere..


E[] data = (E[]) new Object[10];

Actually I think this is right.

Java is a quirky sonofa***** and you can't initialize generics in any reasonably sensible way, while C# allows you to.

That should work.

[Kuciwalker]

Asher's code ( E[size]) generates an error.

[Kuciwalker]

Thanks.

[Pekka]

yeah it gives you a warning but that's OK.... remember, code without warnings is code without passion!

[VetLegion]

[Kuciwalker]

FUCK YOU JAVA

HashSetNode[] list = new HashSetNode[size];

"Cannot create a generic array of HashSet.HashSetNode"

edit: it's HashSet less than E greater than dot HashSetNode.