Specify generics?
Can I do something like
class ArrayList<String> extends ArrayList<E> {? I have a class with a generic and I want to override a method if the type is string, so I can use .matches() instead of ==. Being able to check the type of a generic would also work.8 Replies
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what exactly do you want to do?
Can you give a more concrete example?
you cannot check generics at runtime
I have a method that takes the type of my list, and uses == to compare it to some elements. I’d like to be able to use .matches() instead if the generic happens to be a string
you cannot check the generic type at runtime
but you can check the element
and in general, maybe consider using
equals() instead of ==So like check if input.getClass() is Class<String>?
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Cool, I’ll try that
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