实现Comparable,compareTo名称冲突:“具有相同的擦除,但不会覆盖其他”

时间:2013-06-14 20:35:25

标签: java generics override comparable erasure

我想要一个compareTo方法,它接受一个Real(一个用于处理任意大而精确的实数的类[好吧,只要它的长度小于2 ^ 31])和compareTo采用Object的方法,但Java并没有让我和我没有足够的经验知道原因。

我只是尝试修改类来实现Comparable,我在下面收到了这些错误消息。我真的不明白错误信息是什么意思但我知道这与我可怕的方式有关,我试图给我的课程一些灵活性,我为每一种方法制作所有不同的方法签名,我可以解决它通过删除compareTo(Object other)方法,但我最好保留它。所以我真正要问的是:有没有办法让这些错误消息消失而不删除compareTo(Object other)方法,这些错误究竟是什么意思?

另外,我知道已经有一些像BigInteger这样的内置Java类,以及我正在尝试使用这个类的东西,但我正在为了与Project Euler一起使用而感到愉快/满意({ {3}})。

Jake@Jake-PC /cygdrive/c/Users/Jake/Documents/Java/Mathematics
$ javac Real.java
Real.java:377: error: name clash: compareTo(Real) in Real overrides a method whose erasure is the same as another method, yet neither overrides the other
  public int compareTo(Real other)
             ^
  first method:  compareTo(Object) in Real
  second method: compareTo(T) in Comparable
  where T is a type-variable:
    T extends Object declared in interface Comparable
Real.java:440: error: name clash: compareTo(Object) in Real and compareTo(T) in Comparable have the same erasure, yet neither overrides the other
  public int compareTo(Object other)
             ^
  where T is a type-variable:
    T extends Object declared in interface Comparable
2 errors

这些是compareTo方法:

  @Override
  public int compareTo(Real other)
  {
    // Logic.
  }
  public int compareTo(char givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(char[] givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(char[] givenValue, int offset, int count) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue, offset, count)); }
  public int compareTo(double givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(float givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(int givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(long givenValue) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(givenValue)); }
  public int compareTo(Object other) 
  { return compareTo(new Real(other.toString())); }

和构造函数以防万一你需要它们:

  public Real(String givenValue)
  {
    // Logic.
  }
  public Real(char givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(char[] givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(char[] givenValue, int offset, int count) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue, offset, count)); }
  public Real(double givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(float givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(int givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(long givenValue) 
  { this(String.valueOf(givenValue)); }
  public Real(Object other) 
  { this(other.toString()); }

3 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:14)

违规方法是:

@Override
public int compareTo(Real other) { ... }

public int compareTo(Object other) { ... }

这些方法具有相同的erasure,这意味着一旦编译器删除泛型类型信息,就不再有办法在运行时区分它们。

您的选择是删除compareTo(Object other)重载,或Real实施Comparable<Object>

由于看起来所有compareTo重载的实现只是实例化一个新的Real并将其传递给compareTo(Real),我建议删除它们并将该转换保留到呼叫者:

Real real = ...;
Object compared = ...;

Real comparedAsReal = new Real(compared);
int result = real.compareTo(comparedAsReal);

答案 1 :(得分:3)

由于您希望能够将Real对象与Object进行比较,因此您可以将implements Comparable<Real>替换为implements Comparable<Object>。这与Comparable<T> javadoc一致,即<T> the type of objects that this object may be compared to

然后您只需将当前代码更改为:

// No more @Override
public int compareToReal(Real other)
{
  // Logic.
}
public int compareTo(char givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
public int compareTo(char[] givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
public int compareTo(char[] givenValue, int offset, int count) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue, offset, count)); }
public int compareTo(double givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
public int compareTo(float givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
public int compareTo(int givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
public int compareTo(long givenValue) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(givenValue)); }
@Override
public int compareTo(Object other) 
{ return compareToReal(new Real(other.toString())); }

答案 2 :(得分:1)

这是 Java泛型类型擦除的副作用。

你正在实现一个泛型接口,Comparable,但是这个独特的方法,一旦删除泛型类型将成为 compareTo(Object),因此它与你自己的<冲突EM>的compareTo(对象)

以下是重现的最小代码:

class Real implements Comparable<Real>
{
    public int compareTo(Object o)
    {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Real o)
    {
        return 0;
    }       
}