Description Dave Latham 2004-10-27 14:01:11 EDT

3.1M2, java 1.5.0rc

The following code compiles fine on the command line, but Eclipse doesn't like it:

class MyClass<T> {
	
	private T thing;
	
	public
	MyClass(T thing) {
		this.thing = thing;
	}
	
	public static <U> MyClass<U>
	factoryMakeMyClass(U thing)	{
		return new MyClass<U>(thing);
	}
}

class External {

	public static <U> MyClass<U>
	factoryMakeMyClass(U thing)	{
		return new MyClass<U>(thing);
	}
}

class Test {
	public static void
	test()
	{
		// No problem with this line:
		MyClass<String> foo = External.factoryMakeMyClass("hi");
		
		// This line gives me an error:
		// Type mismatch: cannot convert from MyClass<Object> to MyClass<String>
		MyClass<String> bar = MyClass.factoryMakeMyClass("hi");
	}
}