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Java Generics

• http://www.mindview.net/WebLog/log-0050 --Java Generics sind nicht Templates, sondern nur autocasting
  • http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0051 --LatentTyping
  
  
• http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/generics/ --Using and Programming Generics in J2SE 5.0
• http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32054,00.html --A Gentle Introduction to Generics in Java by Charlie Calvert - kurz
• http://www.AngelikaLanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html --Java Generics FAQs
• http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/javaian5_chap04/index1.html --Generic Types, Part 2 by David Flanagan
  
• http://blogs.gotdotnet.com/branbray/permalink.aspx/c14dce49-3254-4976-b38c-88bfd61b65cf --Templates and Generics - auf CLR
  
• http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/06/12/Comparable --Java Generics, Arrays, and Comparables
  
  
• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=119863 --When Generics Fail
  No LatentTyping in Java. The need to specify a type.

So for some problems, the choice in Java comes down to (A) using generics and duplicating code, but keeping the type checking at compile time (B) using Object and preventing duplicate code, but using dynamic checking instead of static checking.

• http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=120768 --Generics vs. Dynamic Checking