Generics, is an important feature introduced in Java 5. Java introduced many other features, but this is the only feature which adds flexibility to strongly type data types. In this article, we try to find answers to these questions: Why do we need this feature? What is this feature? What are different scenarios in usage of Generics? When can we not use Generics? Wherever applicable we take a code example and understand the concept better. Reader of this article should already know the concepts of Java version prior to this …

Java 5 has introduced many new features to take this platform to a new level with 15 component JSRs and around 100 other updates. These changes definitely bring considerable shift in usage of this technology. Java intends to address following important concerns through this ‘Tiger’ release.

Ease of Development
Scalability and Performance
Monitoring and Manageability
Desktop Client Development

These modifications span in most of the areas of Java, but if these are grouped logically, then there can be following important categories to study. This tutorial aims to explain these features in …