June 7, 2001— The lack of generic types in the Java programming language has been a source of controversy for years. All of that is starting to change as JSR-014, “Add Generic Types to the Java ...

I generally appreciate the extra type checking provided by Java Generics. There is no doubt they improve my code’s readability and maintainability while also improving my code’s runtime robustness.

TL/DR -- In Java, I'm struggling to understand how to create an object instance of a generic type without first knowing the type. So, before I delve down into this, know that I'm trying to understand ...

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