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 ...

June 7, 2001— The lack of generic types in the Java programming language has been a source of controversy for years. All of that is starting to change as JSR-014, “Add Generic Types to the Java ...

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TL/DR -- In Java, I'm struggling to understand how to create an object instance of a generic type without first knowing the type. So, before I delve down into this, know that I'm trying to understand ...

Brian Goetz, Oracle's Java language architect, has been talking for quite a while about the need for new features in Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to improve its typing system on several ...

Saw this blurb on http://java.sun.com today, and it fixes many people's complaints about Java:<BR><BR>Generics in Java<BR><BR>There is a link and instructions to use ...

C++ templates are all about generic programming, but not the type of generics you may be familiar with from C# and Java. This is the first in a series on C++ generic programming. I'll start with an ...