Generic reverse method and its testing program.

public class GenericReverse {
    public static void main( String [] args) {
	String [] strings = {"apples","bananas", "oranges", "grapes", 
			     "lemons"};
	reverse(strings);
	print(strings);

	Car [] cars = {new Car("Dodge",4,80,"automatic"), 
		       new Car("Honda",2, 100, "manual"),
		       new Car("Toyota",4,90,"automatic")};
	reverse(cars);
	print(cars);
    }

    public static void print(Object [] array) {
	for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
	    System.out.println(array[i]);
	}
    }

    public static void reverse(Object [] array) {
	for (int i = 0; i < array.length/2; ++i) {
	    Object temp;
	    temp = array[i];
	    array[i] = array[array.length-1-i];
	    array[array.length-1-i] = temp;
	}
    }
}
A generic method for finding a minimum.

 
public class GenericMin {

    public static void main( String [] args) {
	String [] strings = {"bananas", "oranges", "grapes", "mango",
			     "lemons", "pineapples", "apples", "kiwi", 
			     "watermelons", "tangerines"};
	System.out.println(min(strings));
    }

    public static Comparable min(Comparable [] array) {
	Comparable min = array[0];
	for (int i = 1; i < array.length; ++i) {
	    if (min.compareTo(array[i]) > 0) {
		min = array[i];
	    }
	}
	return min;
    }


    public static void print(Object [] array) {
	for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
	    System.out.println(array[i]);
	}
    }
}

This is an example from CSci 2101 course.