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Generics refer to the use of type parameters, which provide a way to define methods, classes and interfaces that can operate with different data types. The benefits of generics is that they provide compile-time type safety, and that they eliminate the need for most type conversions.
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© 2013 Mikael Olsson
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Olsson, M. (2013). Generics. In: Java Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6287-9_22
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