Java generics and the Number class

Question

I want to create a method that compares a number but can have an input that is any of the subclasses of Number.

I have looked at doing this in the following manner..

Answer 1

If it's really just about comparing the argument to another value of the same type parameter then you could do the following (just adding in T x for simplicity)

   public static > int evaluate(T inputNumber, T x) {
          if (inputNumber.compareTo(x) > 0) { ... }
   }