java 方法返回,有没有办法说“方法返回这个”在Java中？

Is there a way to say "this method returns this" using Generics?

Of course, I want to override this method in subclasses, so the declaration should work well with @Override.

Here is an example:

class Base {

public Base copyTo (Base dest) {

... copy all fields to dest ...

return this;

}

}

class X extends Base {

@Override

public X copyTo (X dest) {

super.copyTo (dest);

... copy all fields to dest ...

return this;

}

}

public T copyTo (Base dest) doesn't work at all: I get "Type mismatch: Can't convert from Base to T". If I force it with a cast, the override fails.

解决方案

No, there's no way of expressing that. Just declare the method to return the type of the class. Java has covariant return types, so you can override a method to return a more specific type anyway.

If you wanted to have some marker for this, you could always introduce your own annotation - but don't expect any other tools to take any particular notice of it.

EDIT: the answer from oxbow_lakes does indeed give something which will work in most cases, but I believe there are ways of fooling it such that you're actually dealing with a different type. (From memories of experimentation, anyway.) Note that this is similar to how Java enums work.