Section 20.6 Generic Classes
• Generic classes provide a means for describing a class in a type-independent manner. We can then instantiate type-specific objects of the generic class.
• A generic class declaration looks like a nongeneric class declaration, except that the class name is followed by a type-parameter section. The type-parameter section of a generic class can have one or more type parameters separated by commas.
• When a generic class is compiled, the compiler performs erasure on the class’s type parameters and replaces them with their upper bounds.
• Type parameters cannot be used in a class’s static declarations.
• When instantiating an object of a generic class, the types specified in angle brackets after the class name are known ...
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