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Is polymorphism possible without inheritance

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11732422/is-polymorphism-possible-without-inheritance

of inheritance all the time. Take for example the cases of covariance and contravariance with generics. Also arrays are Serializable..

Java covariance

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covariance I'm having a hard time trying to figure this out. Say I have.. Mammal to List Mammal According to my understanding of covariance the getMammals method returns a list that will always contain.. so it should be assignable. What am I missing java covariance share improve this question Because getMammals could return..

Any simple way to explain why I cannot do List<Animal> animals = new ArrayList<Dog>()? [duplicate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2346763/any-simple-way-to-explain-why-i-cannot-do-listanimal-animals-new-arraylistd

list of dogs is not a list of animals. java generics oop covariance share improve this question Imagine you create a list of..

Demonstrate covariance and contravariance in Java?

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covariance and contravariance in Java Please show a good example for covariance.. and contravariance in Java Please show a good example for covariance and contravariance in Java. java share improve this question..

java generics covariance

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2660827/java-generics-covariance

generics covariance I am having trouble understanding the following article http.. with an example. Thanks in advance. java generics alias covariance share improve this question List Integer li new ArrayList..

Why don't Java Generics support primitive types?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2721546/why-dont-java-generics-support-primitive-types

are used. The only disadvantage is until .NET 4 no generic covariance or contravariance was allowed unlike Java see the super and..

What is a raw type and why shouldn't we use it?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2770321/what-is-a-raw-type-and-why-shouldnt-we-use-it

between E extends Number and Number java generics not covariance How's a raw type different from using as a type parameter List..

Bounding generics with 'super' keyword

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2800369/bounding-generics-with-super-keyword

any array of reference type is an Object by Java array covariance it can therefore be used as an argument to S super T S toArray.. do List Animal animals new ArrayList Dog java generics not covariance What is a raw type and why shouldn ™t we use it Explains how..

Java Generics: Cannot cast List<SubClass> to List<SuperClass>?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3246137/java-generics-cannot-cast-listsubclass-to-listsuperclass

question What you're seeing in the second case is array covariance . It's a bad thing IMO which makes assignments within the array..

How would contravariance be used in Java generics?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3861132/how-would-contravariance-be-used-in-java-generics

would contravariance be used in Java generics In Java covariance allows the API designer to specify that an instance may be generalised.. do that with the first form. It's not useful as often as covariance I'll grant you. One area where it can be useful is in terms..

Why do some claim that Java's implementation of generics is bad? [duplicate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/520527/why-do-some-claim-that-javas-implementation-of-generics-is-bad

due to the above casting etc Good Wildcarding allows covariance contravariance to be specified at calling side which is very..

Java Generic List<List<? extends Number>>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/746089/java-generic-listlist-extends-number

you to explicitly tell it when you would like to use covariance and contravariance with wildcards represented by the token... not matched by List Number . These are different types and covariance is not specified with a wildcard. Failure. However the combined..

When do Java generics require <? extends T> instead of <T> and is there any downside of switching?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/897935/when-do-java-generics-require-extends-t-instead-of-t-and-is-there-any-down

current version compile Although I vaguely understand the covariance issues here I certainly couldn't explain it if I had to. Is..

why polymorphism doesn't treat generic collections and plain arrays the same way?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10770585/why-polymorphism-doesnt-treat-generic-collections-and-plain-arrays-the-same-way

of Java generics known as covariance and contravariance. Covariance With covariance you can read items from a structure but you..

Covariance and contravariance in programming languages

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1163465/covariance-and-contravariance-in-programming-languages

and contravariance in programming languages Can anyone explain.. languages covariance share improve this question Covariance is pretty simple and best thought of from the perspective of..

Demonstrate covariance and contravariance in Java?

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in Java. java share improve this question Covariance class Super Object getSomething class Sub extends Super String..

Covariance, Invariance and Contravariance explained in plain English?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8481301/covariance-invariance-and-contravariance-explained-in-plain-english

Invariance and Contravariance explained in plain English Today.. in plain English Today I read some articles about Covariance Contravariance and Invariance in Java. I read the English and.. explanation in plain English that shows a beginner what Covariance and Contravariance and Invariance is. Plus point for an easy..