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
