Alternate syntax for doing the same thing

You probably remember that when we looked at the sort() method, it used a generic type, but with an unusual format where the type parameter was declared before the return type. It’s just a different way of declaring the type parameter, but the results are the same:

This:

public <T extends Animal> void takeThing(ArrayList<T> list)

Does the same thing as this:

public void takeThing(ArrayList<? extends Animal> list)