redirect_ to_ type_ alias_ expands_ to_ type_ parameter
Details about the 'redirect_to_type_alias_expands_to_type_parameter' diagnostic produced by the Dart analyzer.
A redirecting constructor can't redirect to a type alias that expands to a type parameter.
Description
#The analyzer produces this diagnostic when a redirecting factory constructor redirects to a type alias, and the type alias expands to one of the type parameters of the type alias. This isn't allowed because the value of the type parameter is a type rather than a class.
Example
#
The following code produces this diagnostic because the redirect to B<A>
is to a type alias whose value is T, even though it looks like the value
should be A:
class A implements C {}
typedef B<T> = T;
abstract class C {
factory C() = B<A>;
}
Common fixes
#Use either a class name or a type alias that is defined to be a class rather than a type alias defined to be a type parameter:
class A implements C {}
abstract class C {
factory C() = A;
}
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