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What Is a Generic Type? A generic type is a generic class or interface that uses type parameters.
What Is a Parameterized Type? A parameterized type is a parameterized version of a generic class or interface. For example, Vector<String> is a parameterized type.
What Is a Raw Type? A raw type is a parameterized type with the parameter type argument omitted. For example, Vector is raw type.
Raw types are supported in Java to keep legacy applications working. In most cases, a raw type is equivalent a parameterized type with "Object" as the type argument.
Here is a legacy example that still uses a raw type of the Vector<E> generic class.
/* RawTypeTest.java - Copyright (c) 2014, HerongYang.com, All Rights Reserved. */ import java.util.*; class RawTypeTest { public static void main(String[] a) { java.io.PrintStream o = System.out; Vector myList = new Vector(); myList.add(new String("Milk")); myList.add(new Float(3.99)); String name = (String) myList.get(0); Float price = (Float) myList.get(1); o.println(name+": "+price); } }
Compile and run this example. You will get:
C:\herong>javac RawTypeTest.java Note: RawTypeTest.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. C:\herong>java RawTypeTest Milk: 3.99
As you can see, the compiler let you to use raw types. But it gives you the "unchecked or unsafe operations" warning. If you recompile it with the "-Xlint", you will see more details:
C:\herong>javac -Xlint RawTypeTest.java RawTypeTest.java:9: warning: [rawtypes] found raw type: Vector Vector myList = new Vector(); ^ missing type arguments for generic class Vector<E> where E is a type-variable: E extends Object declared in class Vector RawTypeTest.java:9: warning: [rawtypes] found raw type: Vector Vector myList = new Vector(); ^ missing type arguments for generic class Vector<E> where E is a type-variable: E extends Object declared in class Vector RawTypeTest.java:10: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type Vector myList.add(new String("Milk")); ^ where E is a type-variable: E extends Object declared in class Vector RawTypeTest.java:11: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type Vector myList.add(new Float(3.99)); ^ where E is a type-variable: E extends Object declared in class Vector 4 warnings