Many programming languages allow passing objects by reference or by value. In Java, we can only pass object parameters by value. This imposes limits and also raises questions.

Understanding advanced generics and type erasure in Java enhances your ability to write type-safe and efficient Java code. Let’s recap the most important points of this article. Type erasure ...

It means that on newer JDKs, a wrapper class will be created automatically when a primitive type is used anywhere a reference type is expected. As such, on post JDK 1.5 versions of the JVM, the ...