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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Karl B. Naden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David R. Chase, Belmont, MA (US);
Justin R. Hilburn, Eugene, OR (US);
Karl B. Naden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David R. Chase, Belmont, MA (US);
Justin R. Hilburn, Eugene, OR (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and execution of a software program. During operation, the system obtains a type interval for a generic type parameter of an implementation of an overloaded function. Next, the system selects an inference direction for the generic type parameter based on a variance of the generic type parameter, wherein the inference direction is an upward inference direction or a downward inference direction. Finally, the system uses the type interval and the inference direction to perform type inference on the generic type parameter.