OnJava8-Examples/containersindepth/SpringDetector.java

// containersindepth/SpringDetector.java
// <20>2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// What will the weather be?
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;
import static com.mindviewinc.util.Print.*;

public class SpringDetector {
  // Uses a Groundhog or class derived from Groundhog:
  public static <T extends Groundhog>
  void detectSpring(Class<T> type) throws Exception {
    Constructor<T> ghog = type.getConstructor(int.class);
    Map<Groundhog,Prediction> map = new HashMap<>();
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
      map.put(ghog.newInstance(i), new Prediction());
    print("map = " + map);
    Groundhog gh = ghog.newInstance(3);
    print("Looking up prediction for " + gh);
    if(map.containsKey(gh))
      print(map.get(gh));
    else
      print("Key not found: " + gh);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    detectSpring(Groundhog.class);
  }
}
/* Output:
map = {Groundhog #2=Early Spring!, Groundhog #5=Early
Spring!, Groundhog #6=Early Spring!, Groundhog #4=Six more
weeks of Winter!, Groundhog #9=Six more weeks of Winter!,
Groundhog #8=Six more weeks of Winter!, Groundhog #0=Six
more weeks of Winter!, Groundhog #1=Six more weeks of
Winter!, Groundhog #3=Early Spring!, Groundhog #7=Early
Spring!}
Looking up prediction for Groundhog #3
Key not found: Groundhog #3
*/