I have a problem with the syntax in Dart. I want to be able to use a constructor on a generic class. So I let the generic class extend an abstract class which has the specified constructor. But the Code still shows me that it's not working. Does anyone have an idea?
T fetchItem<T extends JsonModel>(){
return T.fromJson();
// This line shows the error
// The method 'fromJson' isn't defined for the type 'Type'.
}
abstract class JsonModel {
JsonModel.fromJson();
}
The following solution works, but I think it's extremly ugly:
T fetchItem<T extends JsonModel<T>>(T t){
return t.fromJson();
}
abstract class JsonModel<T> {
T fromJson();
}
CodePudding user response:
Constructors are not inherited. Just because a base class has a certain constructor, does not mean the derived class has that constructor.
It doesn't have anything to do with generics. If you extended a class X from your JsonModel, it simply would not have a constructor of that name.