Compare inheritance and composition, the two fundamental ways to relate Java classes, then practice debugging ClassCastExceptions in Java inheritance.

Understanding advanced generics and type erasure in Java enhances your ability to write type-safe and efficient Java code. Let’s recap the most important points of this article.

It's not good enough to simply use inheritance and apply the rules of polymorphism to your code. To write SOLID code, and properly implement the Liskov substitution principle in Java, your code must ...