Generics in Java - Generic Class Definitions

Generic Class Definitions

Here is an example of a generic class:

public class Entry { private final K key; private final V value; public Entry(K k,V v) { key = k; value = v; } public K getKey { return key; } public V getValue { return value; } public String toString { return "(" + key + ", " + value + ")"; } }

Note that the above class is for illustration of Java generics only.

This generic class can be used in the following way:

Entry grade440 = new Entry("mike", "A"); Entry marks440 = new Entry("mike", 100); System.out.println("grade: " + grade440); System.out.println("marks: " + marks440);

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