The syntax > in Java

Question

I have couple of thoughts regarding the following:

public interface MaxStack>

1-Why does the class tha

Answer 1

"3-What is the difference between > and - if I need to compare bewteen elements in my class, both will be O.K, no?"

No, both will not be okay. Suppose I have a class Foo which implements Comparable but classes Foo and Bar have no relation to each other. Then Foo cannot compare to other objects of type Foo. > will catch this as a problem. will not.