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Java Compiler replaces type parameters in generic type with their bound if bounded type parameters are used.
Example
package com.tutorialspoint; public class GenericsTester { public static void main(String[] args) { Box<Integer> integerBox = new Box<Integer>(); Box<Double> doubleBox = new Box<Double>(); integerBox.add(new Integer(10)); doubleBox.add(new Double(10.0)); System.out.printf("Integer Value :%dn", integerBox.get()); System.out.printf("Double Value :%sn", doubleBox.get()); } } class Box<T extends Number> { private T t; public void add(T t) { this.t = t; } public T get() { return t; } }
In this case, java compiler will replace T with Number class and after type erasure,compiler will generate bytecode for the following code.
package com.tutorialspoint; public class GenericsTester { public static void main(String[] args) { Box integerBox = new Box(); Box doubleBox = new Box(); integerBox.add(new Integer(10)); doubleBox.add(new Double(10.0)); System.out.printf("Integer Value :%dn", integerBox.get()); System.out.printf("Double Value :%sn", doubleBox.get()); } } class Box { private Number t; public void add(Number t) { this.t = t; } public Number get() { return t; } }
In both case, result is same −
Output
Integer Value :10 Double Value :10.0
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