public class GenericMethodTest
1: // Fig. 18.3: GenericMethodTest.java
2: // Using generic methods to print array of different types.
3:
4: public class GenericMethodTest
5: {
6: // generic method printArray
7: public static < E > void printArray( E[] inputArray )
8: {
9: // display array elements
10: for ( E element : inputArray )
11: System.out.printf( "%s ", element );
12:
13: System.out.println();
14: } // end method printArray
15:
16: public static void main( String args[] )
17: {
18: // create arrays of Integer, Double and Character
19: Integer[] integerArray = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
20: Double[] doubleArray = { 1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 };
21: Character[] characterArray = { 'H', 'E', 'L', 'L', 'O' };
22:
23: System.out.println( "Array integerArray contains:" );
24: printArray( integerArray ); // pass an Integer array
25: System.out.println( "\nArray doubleArray contains:" );
26: printArray( doubleArray ); // pass a Double array
27: System.out.println( "\nArray characterArray contains:" );
28: printArray( characterArray ); // pass a Character array
29: } // end main
30: } // end class GenericMethodTest
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