OnJava8-Examples/generics/CovariantArrays.java
2015-05-29 14:18:51 -07:00

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//: generics/CovariantArrays.java
// ©2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
class Fruit {}
class Apple extends Fruit {}
class Jonathan extends Apple {}
class Orange extends Fruit {}
public class CovariantArrays {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Fruit[] fruit = new Apple[10];
fruit[0] = new Apple(); // OK
fruit[1] = new Jonathan(); // OK
// Runtime type is Apple[], not Fruit[] or Orange[]:
try {
// Compiler allows you to add Fruit:
fruit[0] = new Fruit(); // ArrayStoreException
} catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e); }
try {
// Compiler allows you to add Oranges:
fruit[0] = new Orange(); // ArrayStoreException
} catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e); }
}
} /* Output:
java.lang.ArrayStoreException: Fruit
java.lang.ArrayStoreException: Orange
*///:~