Raw types were common before generics were introduced in Java 5. Today, developers typically use raw types for compatibility with legacy code or interoperability with non-generic APIs.

Covariance and contravariance might seem esoteric, but you'll need these concepts more than ever as the Java language evolves. Get started with type dependency in array types, generic types, and ...

"generics over numerical types with efficient maths" is one of the real hard problems with the generics systems in many popular languages (c#/dotnet and java included, though java's type erasure ...

The project's goals include a major overhaul of Java's generics, a new approach to generic typing, and new support for value types.