java - List of Class<? extends Foo> incompatible types -

i'm working on piece of code:

list<class<? extends foo>> models = new arraylist<>();     if (bar == 0)         models = getrandomblas(); // returns list<bla>     else          models = getrandomblubs(); // returns list<blub> 

with:

public class bla extends foo { ... } public class blub extneds foo { ... } 

but i'm getting incompatible types: found: 'java.util.list<bla>', required: 'java.util.list<java.lang.class<? extends foo>'

has got idea? knowledge, how ? extends should work...

you're right. how ? extends works, list wants class objects.

• list<class<? extends foo>> can contain class objects represent subtypes of foo (foo.class, bla.class, blub.class).

• list<? extends foo> can contain objects subtypes of foo.

you want second version.