Closeable to AutoCloseable converter utility for 3rd party java libs

I made this utility class to convert Closeable instances to AutoCloseable, so that I can make use of the try-with-resource exception handling mechanism of Java7. This is mainly useful for code which can not be altered.

public class AutoClose implements AutoCloseable, Closeable {

    public final T instance;

    private AutoClose(T instance) {
        this.instance = instance;
    }

    public static  AutoClose of(T instance) {
        return new AutoClose<>(instance);
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
        instance.close();
    }
}

usage can be like :

try (AutoClose auto = AutoClose.of(someCloseable)) {
    auto.instance.someWork();
}

feedback much appreciated.

I'll try to say this the best way I can...

Completely useless unnecessary!

Sorry. I couldn't find any better way to say it. The code that you have is well-written, but it is not necessary in the first place.

The reason is that the interface Closeable already lists AutoCloseable as a "superinterface", which means that Closeable extends AutoCloseable. So all Closeable objects are already AutoCloseable.

Which means that your code:

try (AutoClose auto = AutoClose.of(someCloseable)) {
    auto.instance.someWork();
}

Can instead be simply:

try (SomeType auto = someCloseable) {
    auto.someWork();
}

There is no need for your AutoClose wrapper.

StackExchange Code Review Q#142001, answer score: 12