[SOLR-3357] Add Generics to ResourceLoader.newInstance

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-ALPHA
• Assignee: Chris Male
• Reporter: Chris Male
• Created: 13/Apr/12 11:33
• Updated: 10/May/13 10:39
• Resolved: 17/Apr/12 02:06

Description

Came out of LUCENE-2510.

We can add generics to ResourceLoader.newInstance so it returns T instead of Object. This will add improved type safety and remove the need for casting the result to a specific type.