How do I resolve ambiguous methods caused by intersection types in Java generics?

Question

I just recently discovered that you can specify multiple types in a single type parameter bound (see example). Like any new tool, I\'ve been trying to explore the possibilit

Answer 1

Not that you should keep the overloaded dispatch method (I upvoted Uri for that reason), but you can force the generic version to be called by trying:

demo.dispatch(new AlphabetSoup());

or call the soup version with:

demo.dispatch((Soup) new AlphabetSoup());

The better way around this, though, is to not have the overloaded dispatch method in the first place.

void dispatchSoup(Soup soup);
 void dispatchLetters(T letters);