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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug     6365166
+ * @summary javac (generic) unable to resolve methods
+ * @ignore  waiting for 6365166
+ * @compile NewTest.java
+ */
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class NewTest<A,B> {
+    private List<A> toAdd;
+
+    public NewTest(List<A> toAdd) {
+        this.toAdd = toAdd;
+    }
+
+    private List<A> getRelated(B b) {
+        //some application logic
+        //for demo
+        return toAdd;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public <L extends List<? super A>,LF extends Factory<L>> L addOrCreate4(B b,L l,LF lf) {
+        if (l == null) {
+            l = lf.create();
+        }
+        ((List<? super A>)l).addAll(getRelated(b)); //to get round the compiler bug
+        return l;
+    }
+
+    public static class ListFactory<T>  implements Factory<List<T>>{
+        public List<T> create() {
+            return new ArrayList<T>();
+        }
+    }
+    public static interface Factory<T> {
+        public T create();
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String ... args) {
+        ListFactory<Number> lf = new ListFactory<Number>();
+        List<Long> longs = new ArrayList<Long>();
+        longs.add(new Long(1));
+        NewTest<Long,Number> test = new NewTest<Long,Number>(longs);
+
+        List<Number> ret4 = null;
+
+        ret4 = test.addOrCreate4(1, ret4,lf);
+
+    }
+}