Array types in Java are not implicitly contravariant, but they can be explicitly contravariant , just like generic types. I’ll offer some examples later in the article. Type-dependent elements ...

Type inference in Java happens when the JDK’s compiler, rather than the developer, assigns a data-type to a variable. Keyword vs. reserved words in Java; To be completely accurate, ... For example, if ...

Even the most complicated classes in Java can be flattened down to nothing more than the set of primitive data types they represent. But primitive types aren’t objects, and that presents a problem.