Generics in Java programming Why use generics? How to use generics for type safety Generics in the Java Collections Framework Examples of generic types in Java Raw types vs. generics Why use generics?

After five years of developer perseverance, generics are finally being added to the Java language. The path to generics has been frustrating and controversial to say the least. At JavaOne's ...

Java generic classes are compiled into bytecodes, assuming java.lang.Object for all type parameters (or, alternatively, a more specific class constraint). This is known as "type erasure".

Generics not only let you create more flexible classes, they make inheritance more flexible, also. To pick the right inheritance mode when inheriting from a generic, though, you must know what you're ...