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Advantages of Generics

Advantages of Generics

It's not difficult to see the advantages of using generics:

? Type safety — Generic types enforce type compliance at compile time, not at runtime (as in the case of using Object). This reduces the chances of data-type conflict during runtime.

? Performance — The data types to be used in a generic class are determined at compile time, so there's no need to perform type casting during runtime, which is a computationally costly process.

? Code reuse — Because you need to write the class only once and then customize it for use with the various data types, there is a substantial amount of code reuse.

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