Hey all,
 In the WritableComparable classes like IntWritable, etc why was it decided
to declare them as

public class IntWritable implements WritableComparable

and not as

public class IntWritable implements WritableComparable<IntWritable>

IMO the latter should have been used.  Here is an example use case
http://pastebin.com/PqEp8aNM why I think this should be done the latter way.
Please correct me if wrong.

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Regards,
Apurv Verma

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:52 AM, Apurv Verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> why was it decided to declare them as
>
> public class IntWritable implements WritableComparable
>
> and not as
>
> public class IntWritable implements WritableComparable<IntWritable>

This class was written in 2003.  Generics were added to Java in 2004.

Doug