@SuppressWarnings for "extends String"

Question

Hey guys. In a place I have a method with a generic "VT extends String". Obviously this generates a warning: The type parameter VT should not be bounded by the final type String. Final types cannot be further extended. Do you know if there's a way to suppress this warning (Eclipse)? If you're wondering how I got to have this:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

class A<T> {
T value;
B<? super T> b;

void method() {
    b.method(value,new ArrayList<T>());
}}

interface B<X> {
<VT extends X> VT method(VT p, List<VT> lst);
}

// works fine
class C implements B<Number> {
public <VT extends Number> VT method(final VT p, final List<VT> lst) {
    return p;
}}

// causes warning
class D implements B<String> {
public <VT extends String> VT method(final VT p, final List<VT> lst) {
    return p;
}}

// error: The type E must implement the inherited abstract method B<String>.method(VT, List<VT>)
class E implements B<String> {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public String method(final String p, final List<String> lst) {
    return p;
}}

Thanks! Cristian

Answer 1

Your code doesn't compile, but here's something similar, which I assume is what you want:

class A<T>{
    T value;
    B<? super T> b;
    void method(){
        b.method(value);
    }
}
interface B<X>{
    <VT extends X> VT method(VT p);
}
// works fine
class C implements B<Number>{
    public <VT extends Number> VT method(VT p){return p;}
}
// causes warning
class D implements B<String>{
    public <VT extends String> VT method(VT p){return p;}
}

Seeing that you don't have a choice to saying extends String here, I'd say this is a bug in Eclipse. Furthermore, Eclipse can usually suggest an appropriate SuppressWarnings, but doesn't here. (Another bug?)

What you can do is change the return and argument type to String and then suppress the (irrelevant) type safety warning it causes:

// no warnings
class D implements B<String>{
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public String method(String p){return p;}
}