Covariance and contravariance might seem esoteric, but you'll need these concepts more than ever as the Java language evolves. Get started with type dependency in array types, generic types, and ...

Universal generics would allow Java type variables to range over primitive and reference types, making it easier to extend or reuse code across different types.

"generics over numerical types with efficient maths" is one of the real hard problems with the generics systems in many popular languages (c#/dotnet and java included, though java's type erasure ...

The project's goals include a major overhaul of Java's generics, a new approach to generic typing, and new support for value types.

Scalability and performance are always issues that dog the Java platform. But with so many lessons learned from languages like Scala and Clojure, will Java 9 take on these scalability issues by ...

The project's goals include a major overhaul of Java's generics, a new approach to generic typing, and new support for value types.