Java theory and practice: Going wild with generics

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By yardena
via ibm.com
Published: May 06 2008 / 18:26

Java theory and practice: Going wild with generics

One of the most complicated aspects of generics in the Java™ language is wildcards, and in particular, the treatment and confusing error messages surrounding wildcard capture. In this installment of Java theory and practice, veteran Java developer Brian Goetz deciphers some of the weirder-looking error messages emitted by javac and offers some tricks and workarounds that can simplify using generics.

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