import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * The simplest possible example of the effect of generic 
 * erasure in Java. Below we have two ArrayLists that are certainly 
 * different.   The compile will not let yo do li = fi
 * But at run time the two classes are the same!!
 * */
public class Erasure {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ArrayList<Integer> li = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        ArrayList<Float> lf = new ArrayList<Float>();
        //li = fi;  // Not allowed
        if (li.getClass() == lf.getClass()) { // evaluates to true
            System.out.println("Equal");
            System.out.println(li.getClass() + " " + lf.getClass());
        }
    }
}