How do you provide a default type for generics?

Question

I have a class that currently has several methods that take integer parameters. These integers map to operations that the application can perform. I\'d like to make the clas

Answer 1

The compiler can infer the type arguments on fields most of the time based on the type of the arguments passed:

import lombok.Data;

@Data
public class MyClass {

    private T myField;
}

can be used as,

MyClass myClass = new MyClass();
String abc = "hello world !";
myClass.setMyField(abc);
System.out.println("test generic class with generic field = " + myGenericClass.getMyField());

and that should result into,

test generic class with generic field = hello world !