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 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, ...

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.

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 ...