Abstract method with variable list of arguments

Question

I haven\'t quite found an elegant way to solve this issue. I have an abstract class that several other classes are inheriting with an abstract method that can contain anywhere f

Answer 1

If the types to be used as argument are always variable I don't see a reason to use generics. Just use plain Object type:

public abstract class Item {
    public abstract void use(Object ... arguments);
}

public class Book extends Item {
    public void use(Object ... arguments) { ... }
}