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Question

I have couple of thoughts regarding the following:

public interface MaxStack>

1-Why does the class tha

Answer 1

1) the class has a type parameter T with a bound (extends Comparable ), this parameter is passed to the interface (which need the same bound here). When passing a type parameter, you must not repeat its bound - why you should do so?

2) like 1), the type parameter has its bound declared, no repeat neccessary.

To clarify:

The first type parameter occurence (here behind the interface or class name) is its declaration. Any following occurence is a usage. You even never would write a variables type declaration each time you use it, right?