Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

It handles all the details regarding how relational data is mapped to Java objects, and it standardizes object-relational mapping. Often applications that use Java Persistence execute queries that ...

Universal generics would allow Java type variables to range over primitive and reference types, making it easier to extend or reuse code across different types. Java would get universal generics under ...