How do I create an genericized instance of this class?

Question

Hi, I'm having trouble creating a proper generic instance of this class that I wrote. The class type is cyclic dependant on itself.
public class MyClass<T extends MyClass<T>>
I can create an instance like this:
MyClass<?> class = new MyClass();But I would be mixing raw types and generic types.
Is there anyway to create a proper generic instance of MyClass?
Thanks a lot
-Cuppo

Answer 1

Ah thanks georgemc,
your solution will certainly work.
If i may ask your opinion of something...
MyClass is designed such that the type parameter should always be the same as the class itself. It's kinda a hack to get the subclass type from the superclass.
so a hierarchy looks something like this:
class MyClass<T extends MyClass<T> >
class SubClass<T extends SubClass<T>> extends MyClass<T>
class FinalSubClass extends SubClass<FinalSubClass>So ideally i would want something like:
MyClass m = new MyClass<MyClass>();
(which is not possible)
is there a way to get around this?
-Cuppo