Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2009, 2010 The Regents of the University of California * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" * BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing * permissions and limitations under the License. * */ import java.util.Collection; public class Main { private static <A, B> Collection<A> buildFrom(Collection<B> as) { try { return as.getClass().newInstance(); } catch (Exception e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Type " + as.getClass() + " needs a parameterless constructor"); } } }