Generics in java at method level

Question

I am new to java. I am trying to debug a code and not able to understand one line.

public interface CommandDispatcher {
    <T extends BaseCommand> void registerHandler(Class<T> type, CommandHandlerMethod<T> handler);
    void send(BaseCommand command);
}

I know generics but not able to understand below line.

 <T extends BaseCommand> void registerHandler(Class<T> type, CommandHandlerMethod<T>)

what is <T extends BaseCommand> before void also I am not ablr to understand Class<T>

Can somebody explain me to understand the above line. Consider BaseCommand is an interface.

You want to research *generic methods*. Here is official tutorial: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/extra/generics/methods.html. Also *bounded type* https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/bounded.html — Pshemo, Aug 13 '22 at 12:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 13 '22 at 16:29

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<T extends BaseCommand> means at the calling side Type T can be BaseCommand OR derived from BaseCommand class/interface.

Class<T> type means the first argument should be the type of Class T.

class Command extends BaseCommand{ 
}

then you can call like this

registerHandle( Command.class, ...);

So that inside implementation one can create instance of Type Command.

edited Aug 13 '22 at 16:29

Pshemo

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answered Aug 13 '22 at 12:27

Sheel Prabhakar

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Generics in java at method level

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