class A<T> {} class B<T> extends A<A<T>> { void bar(B<?> b, B<? extends String> eb, B<? super String> sb, B<String> s) { foo(b); foo(eb); foo(sb); foo(s); <error descr="Inferred type 'capture<?>' for type parameter 'T' is not within its bound; should extend 'java.lang.String'">foo1(b)</error>; foo1(eb); <error descr="Inferred type 'capture<? super java.lang.String>' for type parameter 'T' is not within its bound; should extend 'java.lang.String'">foo1(sb)</error>; foo1(s); foo2(b); foo2(eb); foo2(sb); foo2(s); foo3<error descr="'foo3(A<A<?>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<?>>)'">(b)</error>; foo3<error descr="'foo3(A<A<? extends java.lang.String>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<? extends java.lang.String>>)'">(eb)</error>; foo3<error descr="'foo3(A<A<?>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<? super java.lang.String>>)'">(sb)</error>; foo3<error descr="'foo3(A<A<? extends java.lang.String>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<java.lang.String>)'">(s)</error>; foo4<error descr="'foo4(A<A<? super java.lang.Object>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<?>>)'">(b)</error>; foo4<error descr="'foo4(A<A<? super java.lang.Object>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<? extends java.lang.String>>)'">(eb)</error>; foo4<error descr="'foo4(A<A<? super java.lang.String>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<capture<? super java.lang.String>>)'">(sb)</error>; foo4<error descr="'foo4(A<A<? super java.lang.String>>)' in 'B' cannot be applied to '(B<java.lang.String>)'">(s)</error>; foo5(b); foo5(eb); foo5(sb); foo5(s); } <T> void foo(A<A<T>> x) {} <T extends String> void foo1(A<A<T>> x) {} <T> void foo2(A<? extends A<T>> x) {} <T> void foo3(A<A<? extends T>> x) {} <T> void foo4(A<A<? super T>> x) {} <T> void foo5(A<? super A<T>> x) {} }