basic problem?

Murray9654

Hi while going through docs i found the following method

public static <K, V> boolean compare(Pair<K, V> p1, Pair<K, V> p2) {
        return p1.getKey().equals(p2.getKey()) &&
               p1.getValue().equals(p2.getValue());
    }

I am not able to understand why they have defined <K,V> infront of the return type boolean? how to understand this and what is the meaning of this?

Edited by: Muralidhar on Feb 26, 2013 4:53 PM

EJP

That is the syntax of the Java language when defining a generic method. The type parameters are defined, and bounded if necessary, before the return type, and then referenced in parameters or the method body, or both.

EJP

That is the syntax of the Java language when defining a generic method. The type parameters are defined, and bounded if necessary, before the return type, and then referenced in parameters or the method body, or both.

Murray9654

Thank you so much.