| Index: frog/member.dart | 
| diff --git a/frog/member.dart b/frog/member.dart | 
| index 688f64d1c15336236e51e506b93452250058f252..dee77b869d1c06788e86c7e4f98939cd706a4f9e 100644 | 
| --- a/frog/member.dart | 
| +++ b/frog/member.dart | 
| @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class FieldMember extends Member { | 
| } | 
| } | 
| type = resolveType(definition.type, false); | 
| -    if (isStatic && type.hasTypeParams) { | 
| +    if (isStatic && !isFactory && type.hasTypeParams) { | 
| world.error('using type parameter in static context', | 
| definition.type.span); | 
| } | 
| @@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ class FieldMember extends Member { | 
| // TODO(jmesserly): this handles native fields that return types like | 
| // "List". Is there a better solution for fields? Unlike methods we have | 
| // no good way to annotate them. | 
| -        var factory_ = returnType.genericType.factory_; | 
| -        if (factory_ != null && factory_.isNative) { | 
| -          factory_.markUsed(); | 
| +        var defaultType = returnType.genericType.defaultType; | 
| +        if (defaultType != null && defaultType.isNative) { | 
| +          defaultType.markUsed(); | 
| } | 
| } | 
| } | 
| @@ -675,11 +675,6 @@ class MethodMember extends Member { | 
| Type returnType; | 
| List<Parameter> parameters; | 
|  | 
| -  // Could support generic methods in general.  Right now only used for | 
| -  // strange corner case of factory methods for generic types. | 
| -  List<ParameterType> typeParameters; | 
| - | 
| - | 
| Type _functionType; | 
| bool isStatic = false; | 
| bool isAbstract = false; | 
| @@ -1399,20 +1394,6 @@ class MethodMember extends Member { | 
| isStatic = true; | 
| } | 
|  | 
| -    if (definition.typeParameters != null) { | 
| -      if (!isFactory) { | 
| -        world.error( | 
| -          'Only factories are allowed to have explicit type parameters', | 
| -          definition.typeParameters[0].span); | 
| -      } else { | 
| -        typeParameters = definition.typeParameters; | 
| -        for (var tp in definition.typeParameters) { | 
| -          tp.enclosingElement = this; | 
| -          tp.resolve(); | 
| -        } | 
| -      } | 
| -    } | 
| - | 
| // TODO(jimhug): need a better annotation for being an operator method | 
| if (isOperator && isStatic && !isCallMethod) { | 
| world.error('operator method may not be static "${name}"', span); | 
| @@ -1456,8 +1437,7 @@ class MethodMember extends Member { | 
| /** Overriden to ensure that type arguments aren't used in static methods. */ | 
| Type resolveType(TypeReference node, bool typeErrors) { | 
| Type t = super.resolveType(node, typeErrors); | 
| -    if (isStatic && t is ParameterType && | 
| -       (typeParameters == null || !typeParameters.some((p) => p === t))) { | 
| +    if (isStatic && !isFactory && t is ParameterType) { | 
| world.error('using type parameter in static context.', node.span); | 
| } | 
| return t; | 
|  |