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Everything in Java is an object, except primitives like int. Turns out that small caveat has big implications for the language, which have compounded over the years. This seemingly minor design ...

/** * Instantiate my collections with empty versions using Collections fields. * This will result in javac compiler warnings stating "warning: [unchecked] * unchecked ...