Raw Types

• Same process is applied to generic methods:

  public static Comparable min(Comparable[] a)
  {
     Comparable smallest = a[0];
     for (int i = 1; i < a.length; i++)
        if (a[i].compareTo(smallest) < 0) smallest = a[i];
     return smallest;
  }

• Knowing about raw types helps you understand limitations of Java generics
• For example, you cannot replace type variables with primitive types
• To interface with legacy code, you can convert between generic and raw types