Generic type argument in java generics

Question

Is there a way that I can pass a generic type to a generic class like

interface Wrapper<T, R> {}

interface Result<T, Wrapper<T, R>> {
    R getResult();
}

Here Result takes Wrapper one of the type with type arguments T and R. getResult method in Result interface returns R.

What I did is below,

interface Result<T, W> {
    <K> K getResult();
}

Is there a better way to do this in java.

Answer 1

You need a separate type argument for a Result interface. Something like this:

interface Result<T, R, W extends Wrapper<T, R>> {
    R getResult();
}

Now you can use W inside the result to represent the Wrapper or T and R to represent wrapper components. It's possible though that W is completely unnecessary for you and having T and R is enough.