Java generics: wildcard<?> vs type parameter?

Question

I am refreshing my knowledge on Java generics. So I turned to the excellent tutorial from Oracle ... and started to put together a presentation for my coworkers. I came acro

Answer 1

Both solutions are effectively the same, it's just that in the second one you are naming the wildcard. This can come handy when you want to use the wildcard several times in the signature, but want to make sure that both refer to the same type:

static  void printObjects(List list, PrintFormat format) {