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What is

Type<Type> type;

called (opposed to)

Type type;

You know, where you put the angle brackets around the type? I use this a lot, but don't know the name - it's bugging me. It's very hard to search for - Google ignores the <> characters.

(note: this is Java)

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Generics! :)

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Generics: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/generics.html

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Generics or parameterized types.

(Hey, two people already posted the same thing as each other and both got ~3 upvotes. I'm just looking for a share of the love.)

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Why are there 2 different names?
Because I've seen both in usage, and I thought it might be helpful for the OP to know that they both mean the same thing. I also considered adding "templated types" since some C++ programmers call Java Generics that, but I decided not to because the differences (especially in how it's implemented) are significant.

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