In this case I feel changing the LRUCache to support generics was an integral part of the changeset to prevent possible regressions with cache usage (as I was c

In this case I feel changing the LRUCache to support generics was an integral part of the changeset to prevent possible regressions with cache usage (as I was changing the cache key from String to another type). Without it, it would be possible to use the incorrect object type in one of the many code paths, by adding generics we benefit from compile time checks.