Thread: Generics Wildcard array of references?

An array of references to a specific generic type is not allowed in Java.
e.g.,
ArrSpec<String> arrs[] = new ArrSpec<String>[10];
is not allowed though the type checkng and memory allocation can be done at the compile time itself.

Instead of this, Java allows to use Wildcard type array of references to a generic type.
e.g.,
ArrSpec<?> arrs[] = new ArrSpec<?>[10];
is allowed though the type checking, memory allocation and any type of values to be stored would be decided at the runtime.

This above behavior is confusing and needs more clarification!

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