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Are Generics applied at compile time or run time?
Generics is a concept in Java where you can enable a class, interface and, method, accept all (reference) types as parameters. In other words it is the concept which enables the users to choose the reference type that a method, constructor of a class accepts, dynamically. By defining a class as generic you are making it type-safe i.e. it can act up on any datatype.
Example
class Student<T>{ T age; Student(T age){ this.age = age; } public void display() { System.out.println("Value of age: "+this.age); } } public class GenericsExample { public static void main(String args[]) { Student<Float> std1 = new Student<Float>(25.5f); std1.display(); Student<String> std2 = new Student<String>("25"); std2.display(); Student<Integer> std3 = new Student<Integer>(25); std3.display(); } }
Output
Value of age: 25.5 Value of age: 25 Value of age: 25
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