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Java theory and practice: Hashing it out (IBM developerWorks)

Brian Goetz writes about Java hashing techniques on IBM's developerWorks. "Every Java object has a hashCode() and an equals() method. Many classes override the default implementations of these methods ...
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Java theory and practice: Generics gotchas (IBM developerWorks)

Brian Goetz discusses Java Generic types on IBM developerWorks. "Generic types, added in JDK 5.0, are a significant enhancement to type safety in the Java language. However, some aspects of generics ...