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Properly used Covariance is said to be source compatible, but there is one language contruct which can lead to broken code - instanceof. The JavaC acts cleverly and checks not just lower bound of the first parameter, but upper bound. For example following code is not going to compile:
String s = ""; assert s instanceof Integer;
The JavaC complains about inconvertible types. Simple change to the program fixes the problem:
Object s = ""; assert s instanceof Integer;
Knowing this JavaC behavior, I am sure you can write code that will compile with the API used in Covariance example version 1.0 and will break the compilation against version 2.0. Am I right?
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