I am trying to achieve the following: I have this method
public String methodName(Userdefinedclass.class,Userdefinedclass obj)
{
//some code
.........
method(Userdefinedclass.class);
method2(obj);
}
I want to generalise this method.
The challenge is that the argument here is user defined, i.e it can change. So please help.
public <T> String methodName(Class<T> c, T obj)
{
method1(c);
method2(obj);
return "some string";
}
void method1(Class c)
{
// Some stuff.
}
Userdefinedclass1.class,Userdefinedclass obj
Generics is type erasure so you cannot have .class of Generic type. That is becaue generics are erased in this case to Object type. Hence `T.class' wont work
So instead use Class<T> to get the class and then work along
This keeps your method signature intact:
public <T> String methodName(Class<T> c, T obj)
{
method(c);
method2(obj);
}
but i would use ivanovic's answer.
If you want to generalize the parameters used in the function you can create an empty interface and force the userDefinedClass to implement it.. Or You can use T for achiving this
