[infinispan-dev] Generics usage in org.infinispan.util.ClassFinder

[Emmanuel Bernard]

Class<?> is the closest equivalent to Class. It adds no burden at all  
(people can still use the raw type if they wish to stay in the pre-5  
era). And literally Class<?> means what you've described: "we can't  
say anything about the Class type returned"

On 7 oct. 09, at 12:02, Galder Zamarreno wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit concerned about the usage of Class<?> in
> org.infinispan.util.ClassFinder because in pretty much all those
> methods, we can't say anything about the Class type returned and by
> keeping Class<?>, you're forcing clients to deal with generics that
> don't add anything.
>
> Thoughts?
> -- 
> Galder Zamarreño
> Sr. Software Engineer
> Infinispan, JBoss Cache
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