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Mike Schilling

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Feb 21, 2006, 7:29:56 PM2/21/06
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Does anyone know of a resource that explains the ideas behind Java generics,
that is:

* The intended user model
* New concepts required for this user model
* Generics ideas which were rejected, and why
* The way the user model is mapped into JVM behavior
* JVM changes required for generics
* The places where the user model was compromised (e.g. for
compatibility)
* Future plans for generics (if any)

That is, something which will make generics seem less like a twisty maze of
special cases.


Timo Stamm

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Feb 22, 2006, 4:11:37 PM2/22/06
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Mike Schilling schrieb:


Do you know the generics tutorial from sun?

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/pdf/generics-tutorial.pdf

Mike Schilling

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Feb 22, 2006, 7:43:35 PM2/22/06
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"Timo Stamm" <timo....@arcor.de> wrote in message
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It's OK as far as it goes; I'd like something much deeper.


Chris Uppal

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Feb 23, 2006, 7:27:05 AM2/23/06
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Mike Schilling wrote:

> Does anyone know of [... big snip ...] something which will make


> generics seem less like a twisty maze of special cases.

Have you tried alcohol ?

Failing that, have you seen Neil Grafter's comments in his blog . By no means
covering all your requests, but it has some fairly interesting reflections.

http://gafter.blogspot.com/

-- chris


Roedy Green

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Feb 23, 2006, 9:55:10 AM2/23/06
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:29:56 GMT, "Mike Schilling"
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someone who said :

>Does anyone know of a resource that explains the ideas behind Java generics,
>that is:

what I have found so far you can find links for at
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/generics.html
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.

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