About Question enthuware.ocpjp.v17.2.3099 :

[raphaelzintec]

public <T> Collection<T> getCollection(T t, Integer n) {}

what kind of syntaxe is this with 2 return types???

[admin]

There is only one return type and it is Collection<T>. The <T> at the beginning is a type parameter. It is just telling the compiler that the Collection will be of type T.

[raphaelzintec]

i know that but why
public <T> Collection<T> m() {}

and not
public Collection<T> m() {}

why "<T> Collection<T>"

[admin]

That's the syntax of the Java language. That is how the language is designed.
Look at the formal parameter list of this method getCollection(T t ). It takes a parameter of type T. How will the compiler know that T is actually a type parameter and not the name of a real type? That is why <T> is used.

[raphaelzintec]

thank you