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// generics/Fill.java
// Generalizing the FilledList idea
// {main: FillTest}
import java.util.*;
// Doesn't work with "anything that has an add()." There is
// no "Addable" interface so we are narrowed to using a
// Collection. We cannot generalize using generics in
// this case.
public class Fill {
public static <T> void fill(Collection<T> collection,
Class<? extends T> classToken, int size) {
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
// Assumes no-arg constructor:
try {
collection.add(classToken.newInstance());
} catch(InstantiationException |
IllegalAccessException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
}
class Contract {
private static long counter = 0;
private final long id = counter++;
@Override
public String toString() {
return getClass().getName() + " " + id;
}
}
class TitleTransfer extends Contract {}
class FillTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<Contract> contracts = new ArrayList<>();
Fill.fill(contracts, Contract.class, 3);
Fill.fill(contracts, TitleTransfer.class, 2);
for(Contract c: contracts)
System.out.println(c);
SimpleQueue<Contract> contractQueue =
new SimpleQueue<>();
// Won't work. fill() is not generic enough:
// Fill.fill(contractQueue, Contract.class, 3);
}
}
/* Output:
Contract 0
Contract 1
Contract 2
TitleTransfer 3
TitleTransfer 4
*/