Generic Methods
A generic method defines its own formal type parameters. You can define a generic method in a generic or a nongeneric class.
package com.gs.corejava.collections;
public class Generic3 {
static <T> void genericDisplay(T arg) {
System.out.println(arg);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
genericDisplay(12);
genericDisplay(13.4);
genericDisplay("mohit");
}
}
12
13.4
mohit
GENERIC METHODS DEFINED IN A NONGENERIC CLASS OR INTERFACE:
A nongeneric class doesn’t define type parameters. To define a generic method in a nongeneric class or interface, you must define the type parameters with the method, in its type parameter section. A method’s type parameter list is placed just after its access and nonaccess modifiers and before its return type. Because a type parameter could be used to define the return type, it should be known before the return type is used. An example

For a generic method (defined in a nongeneric class or inter-face), its type parameter list is placed just after the access and nonaccess modifiers and before its return type.
GENERIC METHODS DEFINED IN A GENERIC CLASS OR INTERFACE:
The following example defines a generic interface, and a generic method that defines its own type parameter.


Problem :
1)

2) What will be the output ?
package com.gs.corejava.collections;
public class Generic3 {
static <T> void genericDisplay(T arg) {
System.out.println("int generic");
System.out.println(arg);
}
static void genericDisplay(int arg) {
System.out.println("int overloaded");
System.out.println(arg);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
genericDisplay(12);
genericDisplay(13.4);
genericDisplay("mohit");
// genericDisplay("moiht");
}
}
3) What will be the output ?
package com.gs.corejava.generics;
interface MyMap<K, V> {
void put(K key, V value);
<V> void get(K key);
}
class NonGeneric implements MyMap<String, Integer> {
public void put(String key, Integer value) {
}
public <V> void get(String key) {
}
}
public class GenericClassWithGenericInterface {
}
Ans:
1)

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