Java examples for Object Oriented Design:Generic Method
Test generic Stack class with generic method
import java.util.ArrayList; class Stack<T> { private final ArrayList<T> elements; // ArrayList stores stack elements // no-argument constructor creates a stack of the default size public Stack() {// w w w. ja va 2s .c o m this(10); // default stack size } // constructor creates a stack of the specified number of elements public Stack(int capacity) { int initCapacity = capacity > 0 ? capacity : 10; // validate elements = new ArrayList<T>(initCapacity); // create ArrayList } // push element onto stack public void push(T pushValue) { elements.add(pushValue); // place pushValue on Stack } // return the top element if not empty; else throw EmptyStackException public T pop() { if (elements.isEmpty()) // if stack is empty throw new EmptyStackException("Stack is empty, cannot pop"); // remove and return top element of Stack return elements.remove(elements.size() - 1); } } class EmptyStackException extends RuntimeException { // no-argument constructor public EmptyStackException() { this("Stack is empty"); } // one-argument constructor public EmptyStackException(String exception) { super(exception); } } public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Double[] doubleElements = {1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5}; Integer[] integerElements = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}; // Create a Stack<Double> and a Stack<Integer> Stack<Double> doubleStack = new Stack<>(5); Stack<Integer> integerStack = new Stack<>(); // push elements of doubleElements onto doubleStack testPush("doubleStack", doubleStack, doubleElements); testPop("doubleStack", doubleStack); // pop from doubleStack // push elements of integerElements onto integerStack testPush("integerStack", integerStack, integerElements); testPop("integerStack", integerStack); // pop from integerStack } // generic method testPush pushes elements onto a Stack public static <T> void testPush(String name , Stack<T> stack, T[] elements) { System.out.printf("%nPushing elements onto %s%n", name); // push elements onto Stack for (T element : elements) { System.out.printf("%s ", element); stack.push(element); // push element onto stack } } // generic method testPop pops elements from a Stack public static <T> void testPop(String name, Stack<T> stack) { // pop elements from stack try { System.out.printf("%nPopping elements from %s%n", name); T popValue; // store element removed from stack // remove all elements from Stack while (true) { popValue = stack.pop(); // pop from stack System.out.printf("%s ", popValue); } } catch(EmptyStackException emptyStackException) { System.out.println(); emptyStackException.printStackTrace(); } } }