RE: Re: [picocontainer-dev] Chg 4832 - Generic collections process like arrays do now.

Mauro Talevi wrote:
> Paul Hammant wrote:
>> Paired with Pete yesterday, a change to Parameter has allowed
>> components to have generic collections as a declared injectable.
>> 
>> We're at a crossroads though, there are three methods in Parameter
>> that need to change somehow: 
>> 
>>   Object resolveInstance(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter
>> adapter, Class expectedType  ...etc
>>   boolean isResolvable(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter
>> adapter, Class expectedType  ...etc
>>   void verify(PicoContainer container,  ComponentAdapter adapter,
>> Class expectedType  ...etc 
>> 
>> We could change the third param to Type from Class
>> 
>>   Object resolveInstance(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter
>> adapter, Type expectedType  ...etc
>>   boolean isResolvable(PicoContainer container, ComponentAdapter
>> adapter, Type expectedType  ...etc
>>   void verify(PicoContainer container,  ComponentAdapter adapter,
>> Type expectedType  ...etc 
>> 
> 
> Type is more generic and makes more sense in JDK1.5+, because
> it is the
> interface that Class implements (so no loss of functionality in
> refactor) but also has as subtype ParameterizedType - which allows to
> distinguish genericized params, eg
> List<Object1> from List<Object2>,

+1

- Jörg

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