Re: how to instantiate new return object of generic type
On 17.04.2007 10:16, tom forsmo wrote:
I'll be more specific, the underlying system stores value messages in a
database controlled by hibernate. I am working on an architectural
framework that does not control the specifics of the diverse
implementations. the value messages are by default in our local
langauge. And somebody forgot to consider that these messages must be
available in other langauges as well. Since things are being used by
many projects already, a rewrite of the original code is out of the
question. So my solution is to add the locale functionality in the
outermost code, so we dont have to change the underlying code. But as
you might have gathered by now, since everything is in a generic type I
can not instantiate a correct return object and pass it through the
generic return type. This is where the problem lies.
The complete architecture is not fully clear to me, but maybe your
framework is too generic.
The only other option that comes to mind at the moment is to try to
clone the object or serialize and deserialize and use whatever succeeds.
robert
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