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Creating Templates

To create a template perform the following steps:

Parameterized types. Change all references from the base type to T. In the List example,

above, all references to int were changed to T.

Indicate template classes, structures, and functions. Include the following code before

each class, struct, and function that contains a parameterized type:

template<class T>

Update template references. Change all scope resolution operators that reference objects

made into templates to include the parameterized type. In the previous example all

references to List:: were replaced with List<T>::, and Node was replaced with Node<T>.

As a final note, effective with release 1.5 Java implements templates in the form of generics.

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