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Old 02-16-2008, 01:11 AM
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I am not to sure if this works. It compiles just fine but is this the correct way to use generics?

The assignment says "Write a generic method numberOf that takes an element and a list and returns the number of times the element appears in the list. Note the element may be of different type than the type of the entries in the list."

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package listUtilities; import utilities.containers.*; public class ListUtil<E extends Comparable>{ /** * Returns the number of times a generic element appears in the list. */ public static <E> int numberOf(E element, List<? extends Comparable> list){ int n = 0; for(int i = 0;i<list.size();i++){ if ((list.get(i).getClass()).equals(element.getClass()) //check class equality &&list.get(i).compareTo(element)==0) //check value equality n++;//increment counter } return n; }//end of numberOf }//end of class ListUtil
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...is this the correct way to use generics?
I'm not sure about your logic as I haven't examined it thoroughly, so I don't know if it will return the correct values. But your use of Generics looks syntactically correct... someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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This looks like fine to me. You've got the syntax right as far as i know.
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