Adaptive Software Solutions

I had read about type erasure in Java a long time back. However, today when a friend asked me a question related to type erasure, I found myself not quite certain of the answer. I read up on it again and here is what I learned. Angelika Langer has an excellent FAQ , where she explains generics, and type erasure. According to the FAQ: A process that maps a parameterized type (or method) to its unique byte code representation by eliding type parameters and arguments. OK, let's understand what that means. Below is a simple class which uses the generified version of Java Lists. package  net.adaptivelearningonline.examples.generics; import  java.util.ArrayList; import  java.util.Iterator; import  java.util.List; public class  GenericsErasure  {    public static  void  main ( String args []) {      List<String> list =  new  ArrayList<String> () ;  ...