Generics were added to the Java language within J2SE 5.0, and there was much rejoicing. It was finally possible to deal with containers in a type-safe manner. Prior to the availability of generics, Java developers had to do things like this: List people = new ArrayList(); people.add(new Person("Donkey Kong")); people.add(new Person("Guybrush Threepwood")); Person pirate =…
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