Can I make a constructor generic without making the class generic?

Question

I have seen in Java that one can make a Class generic and a method generic. I have also seen codes that make the constructor generic along with the Class. Can I make only the constructor generic? And if yes, how to call the constructor?

Answer 1

Yes you can.

class Example {

    public <T> Example(T t) {}

    public static void main(String[] args){

        // In this example the type can be inferred, so new Example("foo") 
        // works, but here is the syntax just to show you the general case.
        Example example = new<String>Example("foo");
    }
}