Generic programming is an important concept in Java. It was introduced in JDK 5, and since then it has become an integral part of Java programming. The power of generic programming is enormous. It will make your program type-safe and flexible. Generics are often used with collections frameworks. So, once you are familiar with Java collections, you will be better able to use generics. This chapter provides a brief overview of generics.
To help you understand the power of generics, I’ll start with a non-generic program and then write a generic program. Later, ...
