Type erasure in Java generics programming can cause a variety of problems in your code. Fortunately, there are ways to work around them. Generics programming in Java enhances type safety and code ...

Understanding type compatibility is fundamental to writing good Java programs, but the interplay of variances between Java language elements can seem highly academic to the uninitiated. This article ...

Brian Goetz, Oracle's Java language architect, has been talking for quite a while about the need for new features in Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to improve its typing system on several ...

C++ templates are all about generic programming, but not the type of generics you may be familiar with from C# and Java. This is the first in a series on C++ generic programming. I'll start with an ...