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 ...

Take your coding to the next level by learning advanced programming with generics. Here's how to use generic methods with type inference, type parameters, and wildcards in your Java programs.

Java generics are less powerful than their C++ counterparts, but very simple to apply. Java generic classes are compiled into bytecodes, assuming java.lang.Object for all type parameters (or, ...

When you're creating a derived class and your base type is a generic class, you have two choices in implementing your derived class: You can set the type of your derived class or you can make your ...