/*
  Author  : Michael Robinson
  Program : genericMethods.java
  Purpose : To present generic methods that  
            accept any type of data 

  Updated : July 28th, 2099
*/


public class genericMethods
{
    public static <T> void showMe( T[] multiDataType )
    {
        for( T elements : multiDataType )
        {
            System.out.printf( "%s ", elements );
        }
        System.out.println();        
            
    }//end public static <T> void showMe( T[] multiDataType )
          

    /*      
      generic return method use only objects that:
      inherits from  returns  method name 
        Comparable   generic  accepting genetic data 
                     T data   a, c, and c   */
    public static < T extends Comparable<T> > T maxMethod( 
                    T firstItem, T middleItem, T lastItem )
    {
        System.out.printf( "The max value of %s %s %s is ", 
                            firstItem, middleItem, lastItem );
                   
        T maximum = firstItem;
        
        if( middleItem.compareTo( maximum ) > 0 )
        {    
            maximum = middleItem;
        }
         
        if( lastItem.compareTo(maximum) > 0 )
        {
            maximum = lastItem;
        }
                 
        return maximum;

    }//end public static < T extends Comparable<T> > T maxMethod(
     // T firstItem,T middleItem,T lastItem )
               
                 
    public static void main( String arg[] )
    {
        Object ob[] =  { "one", 2, 2.5, "last" };
        showMe( ob );
        
        Integer In[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
        showMe( In );
            
        Double Dou[] = { 1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4 };
        showMe( Dou );         
                     
        String St[] = { "Joe", " goes", " to", " FIU" };
        showMe( St );         
         
        Character Ch[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' };
        showMe( Ch );
           
        System.out.println( maxMethod( "one", "four",  "three" ) );
        System.out.println( maxMethod( 188, 103, 44 ) );
                
    }//end public static void main( String arg[] )
    
}//end public class genericMethods