Re: Problem applying generics to my code. Is there a better solution?
On Apr 5, 6:49 pm, "Lucas" <lscha...@gmail.com> wrote:
Daniel,
Thank to you suggestion, I have a functional prototype that I've
included in this post. One question: In order for each class to
dispatch properly, *every* class has to implement the visit() method.
If there are subclasses that inherit from a parent class, the generic
posterior() class in the abstract Distribution class is invoked which
leads to an infinite loop.
It's just syntactic sugar, but is there a way to get around this
problem? The only solution I could come up with is that the abstract
class would have to implement a posterior() method for every class
that extends Distribution, which is not feasible since new
Distribution sub-classes will be created.
Anyway, thanks for the insight. Couldn't have gotten to this point
without eveyone's help.
I think the solution to this, or at least a way to avoid bugs, is to
call the generic method by a different name altogether, rather than
use the same name. That way, if someone doesn't implement something
correctly, they'll get a compiler error instead of a run-time bug.
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