Dokonałem selekcji sortując liczbami całkowitymi i działało, kiedy próbowałem zmodyfikować program do pracy z rodzajami, kompilator narzeka i nie wiem jak to naprawić. Gdyby ktoś mógł wskazać jakieś wskazówki i konstruktywne komentarze, byłbym wdzięczny. Oto kod.

public class SelelctionSort 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        int[] list = {34, 17, 23, 35, 45, 9, 1};
        System.out.println("Original Array: ");
        printArray(list);

        selectionSort(list);
        System.out.println("\nSelection sort:");
        printArray(list);

    }

    //selection sort
    public static <E extends Comparable<E>> void selectionSort(E[] list)
    {
        for(int i=0; i<list.length -1; i++)
        {
            int iSmallest = i;

            for(int j=i+1; j<list.length; j++)
            {
                if(list[iSmallest].compareTo((list[j])) > 0  )
                {
                    iSmallest = j;
                }
            }
            E iSwap = list[iSmallest];
            list[iSmallest] = list[i];
            list[i] = iSwap;

        }
    }

    public static <E> void printArray(E[] list)
    {

        for(int i=0; i<list.length; i++)
        {
            System.out.print(list[i] + ", ");
        }
    }
}

Oto co jestjavac wypluwa.

SelelctionSort.java:7: error: method printArray in class SelelctionSort cannot be applied to given types;
        printArray(list);
        ^
  required: E[]
  found: int[]
  reason: inferred type does not conform to declared bound(s)
    inferred: int
    bound(s): Object
  where E is a type-variable:
    E extends Object declared in method <E>printArray(E[])
SelelctionSort.java:9: error: method selectionSort in class SelelctionSort cannot be applied to given types;
        selectionSort(list);
        ^
  required: E[]
  found: int[]
  reason: inferred type does not conform to declared bound(s)
    inferred: int
    bound(s): Comparable<int>
  where E is a type-variable:
    E extends Comparable<E> declared in method <E>selectionSort(E[])
SelelctionSort.java:11: error: method printArray in class SelelctionSort cannot be applied to given types;
        printArray(list);
        ^
  required: E[]
  found: int[]
  reason: inferred type does not conform to declared bound(s)
    inferred: int
    bound(s): Object
  where E is a type-variable:
    E extends Object declared in method <E>printArray(E[])