Cannot use base class without passing its type in Java

I want to create a common service and common request as shown below:

public interface CommonService {

    CommandDTO createOrUpdate(CommonRequest request);
}

Then implement this service as shown below:

public class CompanyARequest extends CommonRequest {

    // properties
}

public class CompanyAServiceImpl implements CommonService {

    @Override
    public CommandDTO createOrUpdate(CompanyARequest request) {
        // ...
    }
}

However, although CompanyARequest is inherited from CommonRequest, createOrUpdate method throws “Method does not override method from its superclass” error.

On the other hand, if I use generic for the request, the error is gone, but if I use generic for request and dto, there will be too much letter is used and I just want to use generic letters for entities that will be used in CommonService. SO, how can I fix this problem? Is there any mistake of my implementation?

Answer

You are looking for a generic interface from what I understand:

public interface CommonService<C extends CommonRequest> {

    CommandDTO createOrUpdate(C request);
}

public class CompanyAServiceImpl implements CommonService<CompanyARequest> {

    @Override
    public CommandDTO createOrUpdate(CompanyARequest request) {
        // ...
    }
}

If you were to define it like you first did, the issue is that any CommonRequest should be accepted by the method according to its definition in the interface.