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Steven
Steven

Reputation: 51

What's wrong with this Java decorator generic class?

I created a Java class to decorate another interface with generics. However, it always has some compiler errors. This is the tailored sample code that could reproduce the error.

public interface GenericInterface<T> {
  <U, V> GenericInterface<V> testFunc(BiFunction<? super T, ? super U, ? extends V> biFunction);
}

class GenericClass<T> implements GenericInterface<T> {

  private GenericInterface<T> delegate;
  public GenericClass(GenericInterface<T> dele) {
    this.delegate = dele;
  }

  @Override
  public <U, V> GenericInterface<V> testFunc(BiFunction<? super T, ? super U, ? extends V> biFunction) {
    GenericClass<T> impl = new GenericClass<T>(delegate);
    return impl.testFunc((t, u) -> {
      // Do something here ...
      // ...
      // Error for argument u: Required type: capture of ? super U, Provided: Object
      return biFunction.apply(t, u);
    });
  }
}

I tried a whole week and could not figure out what's wrong with it. Actually, I am new to advanced Java generics.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 179

Answers (1)

rzwitserloot
rzwitserloot

Reputation: 102902

Remember, ? is like a one-use new type variable.

Therefore, the ? super T in your argument's BiFunction generics, does not have to be the same type as the ? super T as required by the testFunc invocation.

This is fixable:

@Override
  public <U, V> GenericInterface<V> testFunc(BiFunction<? super T, ? super U, ? extends V> biFunction) {
    GenericClass<T> impl = new GenericClass<T>(delegate);
   BiFunction<T, U, V> b = (t, u) -> {
    // do something
    return biFunction.apply(t, u);
   };
   return impl.testFunc(b);
  }

Upvotes: 4

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