What's this generics usage in Java? X.method()

Question

I\'ve read the whole SCJP6 book Sierra and Bates book, scored 88% the exam.

But still, i never heard of how this kind of code works as it\'s not explained in the generic

Answer 1

You are 100% correct, it is to help with type inference. Most of the time you don't need to do this in Java, as it can infer the type (even from the left hand side of an assignment, which is quite cool). This syntax is covered in the generics tutorial on the Java website.