Is List<Dog> a subclass of List<Animal>? Why are generics in Java not polymorphic?

Hello colleagues! I'm new to Java and trying to understand generics. I wrote a simple code, but the compiler complains, and I don't understand why. I have a class hierarchy: Animal is the parent class, Dog extends Animal and Cat extends Animal. Now I want to write a method that takes a list of animals and prints their names. Logically, if I pass a list of dogs there, it should work, because Dog is an Animal. But the compiler gives an error! Here's the code: ```java public class GenericsTest { public static void main(String[] args) { List dogs = new ArrayList<>(); dogs.add(new Dog("Rex")); dogs.add(new Dog("Buddy")); printAnimalNames(dogs); // Compilation error! } public static void printAnimalNames(List