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 ...

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0) introduced generics to the Java programming language and platform. In the simplest case and typical usage, generics allow for the identification of ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from Stripe, shares his experience in building a testing system based on ...

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 ...

When writing a method, you can introduce as many generic parameters as you like which allows you to define relationships between them. I'd like to have this ability when defining a static member ...