wesentliches Ziel:
(compile-Time-)Typsicherheit bei polymorphen Collections.
Gilad Bracha: Generics in the Java Programming Language (Tutorial), http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/pdf/generics-tutorial.pdf
Java(TM) 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.5.0 API Specification: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/index.html