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# Generic Methods

This can be applied to methods:

```java
public <V> V process(final V input);
```

This example will force the input and output to be the same type.

```java
ModelObject input;
ModelObject output:
AnotherObject invalid;

input = new ModelObject();

output = process(input);

// Compilation error
invalid = process(input);
```