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Lecture

Generics in Java

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CS-108: Practice of object-oriented programming

Les étudiants perfectionnent leurs connaissances en Java et les mettent en pratique en réalisant un projet de taille conséquente. Ils apprennent à utiliser et à mettre en œuvre les principaux types de collections (listes, ensembles, tables associatives), e ...

Description

This lecture covers the concept of generics in Java, focusing on the implementation of generic classes and methods. It explains how to define generic classes, use type parameters, and create instances of generic classes. The lecture also demonstrates how to work with generic methods, including defining and calling them with different type arguments.

Instructor

Michel Schinz

Official source

Ontological neighbourhood

Theoretical computer science

Programming language theory: High-level programming languages

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