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Re:Java Generics FAQs by slantedview on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:49AM (#9392310)
> It'd be REALLY nice if I could just say "Hey handler, what's your generic type?

There are better ways of resolving type arguments, such as on Handler implementations, at runtime.

See https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools

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Re:Java Generics FAQs by TheLoneWolfling on Friday April 17, 2015 @08:12AM (#9393773)
Right. And now you're pushing what should be a compile-time error to runtime, and slowing down performance with runtime checks to boot.
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Re:Java Generics FAQs by slantedview on Friday April 17, 2015 @03:40PM (#9396708)
Indeed, but it allows library authors the ability to write nicer APIs without having to pass Class references around - they can be resolved.
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