Most parameterized types, such as ArrayList<Number> and List<String>, are non-reifiable types. At compile time, non-reifiable types undergo a process called type erasure during which the compiler ...

Complete your tour of JDK 5’s language features by exploring autoboxing and unboxing, the enhanced for loop, static imports, varargs, and covariant return types. This article wraps up my three-part ...

Varargs is the feature that allows a method to accept variable number of parameters. The JLS (Java Language Specification) calls it a Variable Arity Method; I guess they are called varargs because ...

This article wraps up my three-part focus on new features introduced in JDK 5, this time looking at a number of features that have improved the overall productivity of coding in Java. Keep reading to ...