Description Matthias Brauch 2005-10-24 12:09:17 EDT

The following example works with 3.1 as well as with the JDK 1.5.0_05-b05's javac.
In Eclipse 3.1.1 the code does not compile:

interface ExtCloneable extends Cloneable {
	
	public ExtCloneable clone( String arg) throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}

public class Tester {

	public static <V extends ExtCloneable> ExtCloneable cloneItem1( V value) throws
CloneNotSupportedException {
		/*
		 * Compile-Time-Error with Eclipse 3.1.1: 
		 * The method clone() in the type Object is not applicable for the arguments
(String)
		 */
		return value.clone( "");
	}

	public static <V extends ExtCloneable> ExtCloneable cloneItem2( ExtCloneable
value) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
		return value.clone( "");
	}

	public static <V extends ExtCloneable> ExtCloneable cloneItem3( V value) throws
CloneNotSupportedException {
		return ((ExtCloneable)value).clone( "");
	}

}