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<h4 class="subsect">&sect;3.1.(k)&nbsp;<span class="title">Callout to generic method</span></h4>
<p>When referring to a generic base method</p>
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<p>a callout binding may either propagate the method's genericity as in</p>
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<td><pre>&lt;T&gt; T rm(T a) <b>-&gt;</b> T bm(T a);</pre></td>
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<p>or it may supply a valid substitution for the type parameter as in</p>
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<td><pre>String rm(String a) <b>-&gt;</b> String bm(String a);</pre></td>
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