6 - Generics and Type Inference
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of generics in Java?
💡 Hint: Think about why we avoid type casting.
Explain what a generic class is.
💡 Hint: Consider the Box<T> example.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary benefit of using generics?
💡 Hint: Think about the advantages of type-safe code.
True or False: Wildcards in generics only allow you to use types that share a common superclass.
💡 Hint: Remember that wildcards can also be unbounded.
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Challenge Problems
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Write a generic class that implements a stack with push and pop methods while ensuring type safety.
💡 Hint: Think about how a stack operates and ensure you apply generics.
Create a method using wildcards to print elements from a list without knowing the type beforehand.
💡 Hint: Focus on using the wildcard and benefit from flexibility.
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