Meaning in this Line
<p>Im creating an Itemized Map Overlay for my map used in an app im creating. In a tutorial that I am following it uses the following lines:</p>

<pre><code>public class CustomItemizedOverlay extends ItemizedOverlay&lt;OverlayItem&gt;
{
...
private ArrayList&lt;OverlayItem&gt; mapOverlays = new ArrayList&lt;OverlayItem&gt;();
...
}
</code></pre>

<p>My question is this; what does the brackets part actually mean? It that passed as a parameter to the ItemizedOverlay class? Does the &lt;> brackets actually mean 'instanceof'? Im just looking for a-bit of clarity and understanding of the code Im trying to use so I can manipulate it better later.</p>

<p>Cheers </p>
