Dart: extends generic class with restrictions

Cequiel picture Cequiel · Jun 14, 2016 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

Is this the correct way to declare a "generic class" that extends another "generic class" in dart? Note that the generic parameter has a type restriction.

// available types
class BaseType {}
class DerivedType extends BaseType {}

class BaseClass<Type extends BaseType> {
  final Type prop;
  BaseClass(this.prop) {
    // can be either BaseType or DerivedType
    print(prop);
  }
}

class DerivedClass<Type extends BaseType> extends BaseClass<BaseType> {
  DerivedClass(BaseType prop) : super(prop);
}

The above code works, but I'm not sure if I am using the correct syntax.

Answer

Alexandre Ardhuin picture Alexandre Ardhuin · Jun 14, 2016

Although your code is correct I think you made a semantic mistake in the generic of DerivedClass:

// available types
class BaseType {}
class DerivedType extends BaseType {}

class BaseClass<T extends BaseType> {
  final T prop;
  BaseClass(this.prop) {
    // can be either BaseType or DerivedType
    print(prop);
  }
}

class DerivedClass<T extends BaseType> extends BaseClass<T /*not BaseType*/> {
  DerivedClass(T /*not BaseType*/ prop) : super(prop);
}