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test.showval();

test2.showval();

}

}

The output is shown here:

val: 100.0

val: 123.5

BecauseGenCons( )specifies a parameter of a generic type, which must be a subclass of

Number,GenCons( )can be called with any numeric type, includingInteger,Float, or

Double. Therefore, even thoughGenConsis not a generic class, its constructor is generic.

Generic Interfaces

In addition to generic classes and methods, you can also have generic interfaces. Generic

interfaces are specified just like generic classes. Here is an example. It creates an interface

calledMinMaxthat declares the methodsmin( )andmax( ), which are expected to return

the minimum and maximum value of some set of objects.

// A generic interface example.

// A Min/Max interface.

interface MinMax<T extends Comparable<T>> {

T min();

T max();

}

// Now, implement MinMax

class MyClass<T extends Comparable<T>> implements MinMax<T> {

T[] vals;

MyClass(T[] o) { vals = o; }

// Return the minimum value in vals.

public T min() {

T v = vals[0];

for(int i=1; i < vals.length; i++)

if(vals[i].compareTo(v) < 0) v = vals[i];

return v;

}

// Return the maximum value in vals.

public T max() {

T v = vals[0];

for(int i=1; i < vals.length; i++)

if(vals[i].compareTo(v) > 0) v = vals[i];

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