Type Erasure in Generics

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The Question

What is type erasure in Java generics?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• compiler removes generic type info at compile time
• type params replaced with Object or bound
• backward compatibility
• cannot use instanceof with parameterized types
• cannot create generic arrays
• List<String> == List<Integer> at runtime
• bridge methods

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