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 was such a simple, brilliant idea. Use the power of Java 5.0 enumerated types to encode details of a data dictionary (attribute name, type, range, units, etc.) and create a type-safe system for ...

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 ...

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 ...