Java中的范型类型强制转化注意

class Person {
	
}

class Student extends Person {
	
}

public class Test {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ArrayList<Person> list = new ArrayList<Student>();
	}
}

错误提示：Type mismatch: cannot convert from ArrayList<Student> to ArrayList<Person>

这里觉得很奇怪为什么不能使用呢？因为这里Person确实是Student的子类。

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23199874/convert-arraylistsubclass-to-arraylistsuperclass

The fundamental issue you are facing is that List<Subclass> is not a subtype of List<Superclass>.

The way to solve your problem is to declare the variable using a generic bound:

List<? extends Organism> search;

then this will compile:

search = foods;

The declaration List<? extends Organism> means "A List of an unknown type that is a subtype of Organism". In code, elements of such a list are known to at least be an Organism, but the exact type is unknown.