OnJava8-Examples/generics/BasicBounds.java

// generics/BasicBounds.java
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interface HasColor { java.awt.Color getColor(); }

class Colored<T extends HasColor> {
  T item;
  Colored(T item) { this.item = item; }
  T getItem() { return item; }
  // The bound allows you to call a method:
  java.awt.Color color() { return item.getColor(); }
}

class Dimension { public int x, y, z; }

// This won't work -- class must be first, then interfaces:
// class ColoredDimension<T extends HasColor & Dimension> {

// Multiple bounds:
class ColoredDimension<T extends Dimension & HasColor> {
  T item;
  ColoredDimension(T item) { this.item = item; }
  T getItem() { return item; }
  java.awt.Color color() { return item.getColor(); }
  int getX() { return item.x; }
  int getY() { return item.y; }
  int getZ() { return item.z; }
}

interface Weight { int weight(); }

// As with inheritance, you can have only one
// concrete class but multiple interfaces:
class Solid<T extends Dimension & HasColor & Weight> {
  T item;
  Solid(T item) { this.item = item; }
  T getItem() { return item; }
  java.awt.Color color() { return item.getColor(); }
  int getX() { return item.x; }
  int getY() { return item.y; }
  int getZ() { return item.z; }
  int weight() { return item.weight(); }
}

class Bounded
extends Dimension implements HasColor, Weight {
  @Override
  public java.awt.Color getColor() { return null; }
  @Override
  public int weight() { return 0; }
}

public class BasicBounds {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Solid<Bounded> solid =
      new Solid<>(new Bounded());
    solid.color();
    solid.getY();
    solid.weight();
  }
}
/* Output: (None) */