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Starting Out with Java

From Control Structures through Objects

Lecture No. 29 and 30: Generics in Java

May 18, 2021

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Generics in Java

Generics in Java is similar to templates in C++.

Generics allow you to abstract over types.

Generic Methods: Enable programmers to specify, with a


single method declaration, a set of related methods.

Generic Classes: Allow programmers to specify, with a single


class declaration, a set of related types.

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Generic Methods

Generic Methods: Writing a single generic method declaration


that can be called with arguments of dierent types (e.g.
String, Double, Integer).

Compiler checks the generic method's arguement type to


handle each method call appropriately.

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Generic Methods

Generic Method Example:


// A Generic method example
static <T> void genericDisplay (T element) {
System.out.println(element.getClass().getName() +
" = " + element);
}

Type Parameter section delimited by angled brakets (<T >).

A type parameter (T ), also known as a type variable, is an


identier that species a generic type name.

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Generic Methods

Example:
class GenericMethods {

// Generic Method
public static <T> void printArray(T[] array) {
for(T value : array)
System.out.print(value + ", ");
System.out.println();
}//printArray

public static void main(String[] args) {

Integer[] iiarray = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};


Double[] ddarray = {10.1, 20.2, 30.3, 40.4, 50.5};
Character[] ccarray = {'?', '+', '<', '>', '@'};
String[] sarray = {"A", "a", "B", "b"};

printArray(iiarray);
printArray(ddarray);
printArray(ccarray);
printArray(sarray);
}//main

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Example: Generic Methods

Example is provided in the lecture!

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Generic Classes

Generic Classes: A generic class declaration looks like a


non-generic class declaration, except that the class name is
followed by a type parameter section (<>).

Generic classes are known as parameterized classes or


parameterized types because they accept one or more
parameters.

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Generic Class

Generic Class Example:


// Generic Class
class Box<T> {

T side;

Box(T side) {
this.setSide(side);
}

void setSide(T side) {


this.side = side;
}//setSide

T getSide() {
return this.side;
}//getSide

public String toString() {


return("[Side = " + this.getSide() + "]");
}//toString

}//class
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Generic Class

Generic Class Example:


class TestBox {

public static void main(String[] args) {


Box<Integer> b = new Box<Integer>(100);
System.out.println(b);

Box<Double> d = new Box<Double>(200.99);


System.out.println(d);

Box<Character> c = new Box<>('+');


System.out.println(c);

Box<String> s = new Box<>("GIFT University");


System.out.println(s);

}//main

}//class

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Example: Generic Classes

Example is provided in the lecture!

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Credit

Tony Gaddis, Starting out with Java: From Control Structures

through Objects, 6th Edition, Pearson 2016.

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