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 ...

Although Java 8 only shipped earlier this year, with Java 9 not due until mid-2016, a first prototype of features expected for Java 10 has appeared, including an overhaul of Java's generics.

Richard Warburton explains how to make effective use of Generics. Warburton sheds light on the planned changes in Java 10 using practical code examples at every step. He also talks about how the ...

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 ...

The project's goals include a major overhaul of Java's generics, a new approach to generic typing, and new support for value types.

Hey -- 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 ...

Finally, because the Java Virtual Machine will not support generics natively, there will be no way to ascertain the type parameter for an instance of a generic type at run-time and other uses of ...

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 5 introduced a new feature called generics that lets you specify the type of objects in collections.