Changing the type of constructor parameter breaks the class in another bank

Question

I have the following class in a common bank:

public class Common 
{
  public Common(List list)
  {
    ...  
  }  
}

Then I change the constructor parameter from a Listto a Collectionas follows:

public class Common 
{
  public Common(Collection collection)
  {
    ...
  }
}

Restoring the common jar and starting the system calls NoSuchMethodErrorin any dependent class when it calls the constructor until I recompile this class.

I have a few ideas that cause this, according to how the constructor is related in the bytecode of the dependent class, but I'm not 100% sure.

Please, someone shed light on what is happening here?

Update

Subsequently, I did a quick test and looked at the bytecode:

Compiled from "Client.java"
public class Client extends java.lang.Object{
public Client();
  Code:
   0:   aload_0
   1:   invokespecial   #1; //Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
   4:   return

public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
  Code:
   0:   new #2; //class ArrayList
   3:   dup
   4:   invokespecial   #3; //Method java/util/ArrayList."<init>":()V
   7:   astore_1
   8:   new #4; //class Common
   11:  dup
   12:  aload_1
   13:  invokespecial   #5; //Method Common."<init>":(Ljava/util/List;)V
   16:  pop
   17:  return

}

As Tom said, and as you can see on line 13, the exact constructor is bound at compile time.

You will learn something new every day :-)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

List Collection? .. java.util.List java.util.Collection?

Answer 3

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