java通配符上限下限,Java上下限&下界通配符

I was reading java generics, I came across an interesting query. My question is as follows.

For an upper bounded wildcard

public static void printList(List extends Number> list) {

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

list.add(i);// gives compilation error

}

}

For a lower bounded wildcard

public static void printList(List super Integer> list) {

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

list.add(i);// successfully compiles

}

}

I am confused with this because looking at the Sun Oracle documentation I understand that the code should compile for point 1 as well

Can anyone please help me to understand this?

解决方案

This is because when you are using upper bound, you cannot add elements to collection, only read them.

this means that these are some of legal assignments:

List extends Number> l = new ArrayList();

List extends Number> l = new ArrayList();

so you cannot guarantee that when adding object, it will hold correct types of objects. for better explatation please follow:

How can I add to List extends Number> data structures?