Generics are a shipping feature of the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0, and managed code is faster, more maintainable, and more robust because of it.
Generics are an extension to the CLR's type system that allow developers to define types for which certain details are left unspecified. Instead, these details are specified when the code is referenced by consumer code. The code that references the generic type fills in the missing details, tailoring the type to its particular needs. The name generics reflects the goal of the feature: to enable the writing of code while not specifying details that might limit the scope of its usefulness. The c..
