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Bounded Wildcard arguments
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class TwoD {
int x, y;
TwoD(int a, int b) {
x = a;
y = b;
}
}
class ThreeD extends TwoD {
int z;
ThreeD(int a, int b, int c) {
super(a, b);
z = c;
}
}
class FourD extends ThreeD {
int t;
FourD(int a, int b, int c, int d) {
super(a, b, c);
t = d;
}
}
class Coords<T extends TwoD> {
T[] coords;
Coords(T[] o) {
coords = o;
}
}
class BoundedWildcard {
static void showXY(Coords<?> c) {
System.out.println("X Y Coordinates:");
for (int i = 0; i < c.coords.length; i++)
System.out.println(c.coords[i].x + " " + c.coords[i].y);
System.out.println();
}
static void showXYZ(Coords<? extends ThreeD> c) {
System.out.println("X Y Z Coordinates:");
for (int i = 0; i < c.coords.length; i++)
System.out.println(c.coords[i].x + " " + c.coords[i].y + " " + c.coords[i].z);
System.out.println();
}
static void showAll(Coords<? extends FourD> c) {
System.out.println("X Y Z T Coordinates:");
for (int i = 0; i < c.coords.length; i++)
System.out.println(c.coords[i].x + " " + c.coords[i].y + " " + c.coords[i].z + " "
+ c.coords[i].t);
System.out.println();
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
TwoD td[] = { new TwoD(0, 0), new TwoD(7, 9), new TwoD(18, 4), new TwoD(-1, -23) };
Coords<TwoD> tdlocs = new Coords<TwoD>(td);
System.out.println("Contents of tdlocs.");
showXY(tdlocs); // OK, is a TwoD
FourD fd[] = { new FourD(1, 2, 3, 4), new FourD(6, 8, 14, 8), new FourD(22, 9, 4, 9),
new FourD(3, -2, -23, 17) };
Coords<FourD> fdlocs = new Coords<FourD>(fd);
System.out.println("Contents of fdlocs.");
// These are all OK.
showXY(fdlocs);
showXYZ(fdlocs);
showAll(fdlocs);
}
}
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