javac error: inconvertible types with generics?

Question

There are several other SO questions talking about generics compiling OK w/ Eclipse\'s compiler but not javac (i.e. Java: Generics handled differenlty in Eclipse and javac a

Answer 1

In order to use instanceof both operands have to inherit/implement the same class/interface.
E just can't be cast to LogEvent.Type

I don't know what your full method looks like, but this should solve your issue by using interfaces and not Generics.

public interface EventType { }
public class LogEvent  {
    public enum Type implements EventType {}
}

public void postEvent(Context context, EventType code, Object additionalData) {
    if(code instanceof LogEvent.Type) {
    }
}