Upper Type Bounds

Abstract class Animal {
 def name: String
}

abstract class Pet extends Animal {}

class Cat extends Pet {
  override def name: String = "Cat"
}

class Dog extends Pet {
  override def name: String = "Dog"
}

class Lion extends Animal {
  override def name: String = "Lion"
}

class PetContainer[P <: Pet](p: P) {
  def pet: P = p
}

val dogContainer = new PetContainer[Dog](new Dog)
val catContainer = new PetContainer[Cat](new Cat)
abstract class Animal {
 def name: String
}

abstract class Pet extends Animal {}

class Cat extends Pet {
  override def name: String = "Cat"
}

class Dog extends Pet {
  override def name: String = "Dog"
}

class Lion extends Animal {
  override def name: String = "Lion"
}

class PetContainer[P <: Pet](p: P) {
  def pet: P = p
}

val dogContainer = new PetContainer[Dog](new Dog)
val catContainer = new PetContainer[Cat](new Cat)

In Scala, type parameters and abstract type members may be constrained by a type bound. Such type bounds limit the concrete values of the type variables and possibly reveal more information about the members of such types.

Upper Type Bounds → are a → Scala Unified types.

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