Generics were introduced in Java 5 to improve type safety and flexibility in code. The key advantage of generics is that they help you avoid runtime errors such as ClassCastException.

After five years of developer perseverance, generics are finally being added to the Java language. The path to generics has been frustrating and controversial to say the least. At JavaOne's ...

En Java, les generics ne sont implémentés et vérifiés qu'à la compilation. A l'exécution, la notion de generics n'existe plus au détriment des raw types.