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Dimitre Novatchev wrote: > e achieved with C++ generics, which is > supported entirely at compile time. As for Java, I am not even aware > if it has any generics support at all. > Java has had generics since 2004. However, they work with type erasure, so the <T> parameter information is not available at runtime directly from the code: i.e. generics really are type-safe macros. There is only one version of the compiled class generated, not a separate version for each <T>. However, of course, types can be ascertained by reflection on actual objects at runtime. And you can have wildcard references. Good article at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp01255.html Cheers Rick
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