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Why do we need Java Generics? Before Java introduced Generics (in Java 5), handling different data types was a messy and error-prone process. Developers had to use raw Object types and manually cast them, which led to issues like type safety problems...

The Generics feature was introduced in Java version 5.0 and quickly became one of the most powerful tools in a Java developer's toolkit. Generics allow classes, interfaces, and methods to be parameterized by types. This functionality not only increas...
