扩展

List<?数字> foo3意味着这些都是合法的赋值:

List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Number>();  // Number "extends" Number (in this context)
List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // Integer extends Number
List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Double>();  // Double extends Number

Reading - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object are you guaranteed to read from List foo3: You can read a Number because any of the lists that could be assigned to foo3 contain a Number or a subclass of Number. You can't read an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Double>. You can't read a Double because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>. Writing - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object could you add to List foo3 that would be legal for all the above possible ArrayList assignments: You can't add an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Double>. You can't add a Double because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>. You can't add a Number because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>.

你不能向List<?extends t>因为你不能保证它真正指向的是什么样的List，所以你不能保证对象被允许在那个List中。唯一的“保证”是你只能读取它，你会得到一个T或T的子类。

超级

现在考虑List <?超级T >。

List<?super Integer> foo3表示这些都是合法的赋值:

List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Integer>();  // Integer is a "superclass" of Integer (in this context)
List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Number>();   // Number is a superclass of Integer
List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Object>();   // Object is a superclass of Integer

Reading - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object are you guaranteed to receive when you read from List foo3: You aren't guaranteed an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Number> or List<Object>. You aren't guaranteed a Number because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Object>. The only guarantee is that you will get an instance of an Object or subclass of Object (but you don't know what subclass). Writing - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object could you add to List foo3 that would be legal for all the above possible ArrayList assignments: You can add an Integer because an Integer is allowed in any of above lists. You can add an instance of a subclass of Integer because an instance of a subclass of Integer is allowed in any of the above lists. You can't add a Double because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>. You can't add a Number because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>. You can't add an Object because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>.

PECS

记住PECS:“生产者延伸，消费者至上”。

"Producer Extends" - If you need a List to produce T values (you want to read Ts from the list), you need to declare it with ? extends T, e.g. List<? extends Integer>. But you cannot add to this list. "Consumer Super" - If you need a List to consume T values (you want to write Ts into the list), you need to declare it with ? super T, e.g. List<? super Integer>. But there are no guarantees what type of object you may read from this list. If you need to both read from and write to a list, you need to declare it exactly with no wildcards, e.g. List<Integer>.

例子

请注意这个来自Java泛型常见问题解答的例子。注意源列表src(生产列表)如何使用extends，而目标列表dest(消费列表)如何使用super:

public class Collections { 
  public static <T> void copy(List<? super T> dest, List<? extends T> src) {
      for (int i = 0; i < src.size(); i++) 
        dest.set(i, src.get(i)); 
  } 
}

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何时使用extends和super

通配符在方法参数中最有用。它们允许方法接口中必要的灵活性。

人们经常混淆什么时候使用扩展，什么时候使用超边界。经验法则是“得到-放”原则。如果您从参数化容器中获取某些内容，请使用extends。

int totalFuel(List<? extends Vehicle> list) {
int total = 0;
for(Vehicle v : list) {
    total += v.getFuel();
}
return total;}

totalFuel方法从列表中获取车辆，询问它们有多少燃料，并计算总数。 如果将对象放入参数化容器中，请使用super。

int totalValue(Valuer<? super Vehicle> valuer) {
int total = 0;
for(Vehicle v : vehicles) {
    total += valuer.evaluate(v);
}
return total;}

totalValue方法将车辆放入Valuer中。 知道扩展界比super更常见是很有用的。

通用通配符针对两个主要需求:

从泛型集合读取 插入到泛型集合中 有三种使用通配符定义集合(变量)的方法。这些都是:

List<?>           listUknown = new ArrayList<A>();
List<? extends A> listUknown = new ArrayList<A>();
List<? super   A> listUknown = new ArrayList<A>();

列表< ?>表示输入未知类型的列表。这可以是一个列表< a >，一个列表<B>，一个列表<字符串>等。

列表< ?extends A>表示A类的实例或A的子类(例如B和C)的对象列表。 列表< ?super A>表示列表被输入到A类或A的超类。

阅读更多信息:http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-generics/wildcards.html

想象一下有这样的层次结构

1. 扩展

通过编写

    List<? extends C2> list;

你是说，list将能够引用类型为ArrayList的对象，其泛型类型是C2的7个子类型之一(包括C2):

C2: new ArrayList<C2>();，(可以存储C2或子类型的对象)或 D1: new ArrayList<D1>();，(可以存储D1或子类型的对象)或 D2: new ArrayList<D2>();，(可以存储D2或子类型的对象)or…

等等。七种不同的情况:

    1) new ArrayList<C2>(): can store C2 D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    2) new ArrayList<D1>(): can store    D1    E1 E2  
    3) new ArrayList<D2>(): can store       D2       E3 E4
    4) new ArrayList<E1>(): can store          E1             
    5) new ArrayList<E2>(): can store             E2             
    6) new ArrayList<E3>(): can store                E3             
    7) new ArrayList<E4>(): can store                   E4             

对于每种可能的情况，我们都有一组“可存储”类型:这里图形化地表示了7个(红色)集

正如你所看到的，并没有一种安全的类型适用于所有情况:

你不能列举。添加(新的C2 () {});因为可以是list = new ArrayList<D1>(); 你不能列举。添加(新D1 () {});因为可以是list = new ArrayList<D2>();

等等。

2. 超级

通过编写

    List<? super C2> list;

你是说，list将能够引用类型为ArrayList的对象，其泛型类型是C2的7个超类型之一(包括C2):

A1: new ArrayList<A1>();，(可以存储A1或子类型的对象)或 A2: new ArrayList<A2>();，(可以存储A2或子类型的对象)或 A3: new ArrayList<A3>();，(可以存储A3或子类型的对象)or…

等等。七种不同的情况:

    1) new ArrayList<A1>(): can store A1          B1 B2       C1 C2    D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    2) new ArrayList<A2>(): can store    A2          B2       C1 C2    D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    3) new ArrayList<A3>(): can store       A3          B3       C2 C3 D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    4) new ArrayList<A4>(): can store          A4       B3 B4    C2 C3 D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    5) new ArrayList<B2>(): can store                B2       C1 C2    D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    6) new ArrayList<B3>(): can store                   B3       C2 C3 D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4
    7) new ArrayList<C2>(): can store                            C2    D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 E4

对于每种可能的情况，我们都有一组“可存储”类型:这里图形化地表示了7个(红色)集

正如你所看到的，这里有7种安全类型，在每种情况下都是常见的:C2, D1, D2, E1, E2, E3, E4。

你可以列出。添加(新的C2 () {});因为，不管我们引用的是哪种List, C2都是允许的 你可以列出。添加(新D1 () {});因为，不管我们引用的是哪种List, D1都是允许的

等等。您可能注意到，这些类型对应于从类型C2开始的层次结构。

笔记

如果您希望进行一些测试，这里是完整的层次结构

interface A1{}
interface A2{}
interface A3{}
interface A4{}

interface B1 extends A1{}
interface B2 extends A1,A2{}
interface B3 extends A3,A4{}
interface B4 extends A4{}

interface C1 extends B2{}
interface C2 extends B2,B3{}
interface C3 extends B3{}

interface D1 extends C1,C2{}
interface D2 extends C2{}

interface E1 extends D1{}
interface E2 extends D1{}
interface E3 extends D2{}
interface E4 extends D2{}

你可以通过上面所有的答案来理解为什么.add()被限制为'<?>”、“< ?扩展>'，部分扩展到'<?超级>”。

但如果你想记住它，而不想每次都去探索答案，这里是所有问题的结论:

列表< ?extends A>表示它将接受A的任何List和A的子类。 但是你不能在这个列表中添加任何东西。甚至不是A类型的对象。

列表< ?super A>表示它将接受A的任何列表和A的超类。 您可以添加类型A的对象及其子类。

扩展

List<?数字> foo3意味着这些都是合法的赋值:

List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Number>();  // Number "extends" Number (in this context)
List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // Integer extends Number
List<? extends Number> foo3 = new ArrayList<Double>();  // Double extends Number

Reading - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object are you guaranteed to read from List foo3: You can read a Number because any of the lists that could be assigned to foo3 contain a Number or a subclass of Number. You can't read an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Double>. You can't read a Double because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>. Writing - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object could you add to List foo3 that would be legal for all the above possible ArrayList assignments: You can't add an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Double>. You can't add a Double because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>. You can't add a Number because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Integer>.

你不能向List<?extends t>因为你不能保证它真正指向的是什么样的List，所以你不能保证对象被允许在那个List中。唯一的“保证”是你只能读取它，你会得到一个T或T的子类。

超级

现在考虑List <?超级T >。

List<?super Integer> foo3表示这些都是合法的赋值:

List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Integer>();  // Integer is a "superclass" of Integer (in this context)
List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Number>();   // Number is a superclass of Integer
List<? super Integer> foo3 = new ArrayList<Object>();   // Object is a superclass of Integer

Reading - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object are you guaranteed to receive when you read from List foo3: You aren't guaranteed an Integer because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Number> or List<Object>. You aren't guaranteed a Number because foo3 could be pointing at a List<Object>. The only guarantee is that you will get an instance of an Object or subclass of Object (but you don't know what subclass). Writing - Given the above possible assignments, what type of object could you add to List foo3 that would be legal for all the above possible ArrayList assignments: You can add an Integer because an Integer is allowed in any of above lists. You can add an instance of a subclass of Integer because an instance of a subclass of Integer is allowed in any of the above lists. You can't add a Double because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>. You can't add a Number because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>. You can't add an Object because foo3 could be pointing at an ArrayList<Integer>.

PECS

记住PECS:“生产者延伸，消费者至上”。

"Producer Extends" - If you need a List to produce T values (you want to read Ts from the list), you need to declare it with ? extends T, e.g. List<? extends Integer>. But you cannot add to this list. "Consumer Super" - If you need a List to consume T values (you want to write Ts into the list), you need to declare it with ? super T, e.g. List<? super Integer>. But there are no guarantees what type of object you may read from this list. If you need to both read from and write to a list, you need to declare it exactly with no wildcards, e.g. List<Integer>.

例子

请注意这个来自Java泛型常见问题解答的例子。注意源列表src(生产列表)如何使用extends，而目标列表dest(消费列表)如何使用super:

public class Collections { 
  public static <T> void copy(List<? super T> dest, List<? extends T> src) {
      for (int i = 0; i < src.size(); i++) 
        dest.set(i, src.get(i)); 
  } 
}

也看到 如何添加到List<?extends数字>数据结构?