Is there a way to refer to the current type with a type variable?

Question

Suppose I\'m trying to write a function to return an instance of the current type. Is there a way to make T refer to the exact subtype (so T should

Answer 1

Just write:

class A {
    A foo() { ... }
}

class B extends A {
    @Override
    B foo() { ... }
}

assuming you're using Java 1.5+ (covariant return types).