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This comprehensive guide shows you how to master the most important changes to Java since it was first released. Generics and the greatly expanded collection libraries have tremendously increased the power of Java 5 and Java 6. But they have also confused many developers who haven't known how to take advantage of these new features.
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Paperback, 286 pages
Published
October 24th 2006
by O'Reilly Media
(first published 2006)
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My first thought on seeing the title “Java Generics and Collections” was wondering how there could be a whole book's worth of material on the topic. There is!
The first half of the book addresses generics. It includes concepts like reification (I learned a new word) that helps you better understand how generics actually work. It also includes a number of idioms for dealing with generics that you might not know even if you use generics.
The rest of the book covers the Collection API including how ...more
The first half of the book addresses generics. It includes concepts like reification (I learned a new word) that helps you better understand how generics actually work. It also includes a number of idioms for dealing with generics that you might not know even if you use generics.
The rest of the book covers the Collection API including how ...more
Coverage is good.I would have liked application context oriented examples instead of numbers,double etc.Recommended to be read by Beginners.
This is a pretty good description of Java Generics and how they differ from similar implementations in other languages. It also spends half the book going into detail on the Java Collection classes and how they make heavy use of generics to be much more useful.
I didn't expect to learn much from this and I was surprised how much useful info it contained. It's dry reading, particularly the second half of the book, but definitely useful for the Java programmer.
I didn't expect to learn much from this and I was surprised how much useful info it contained. It's dry reading, particularly the second half of the book, but definitely useful for the Java programmer.
This book was lame - I forgot why, but it definitely was lame.
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Okay, I straddle two worlds. In one life, I labor through complex, terse, and often obscure works of philosophy. In the other, I blissfully bang out thousands of lines of code in my happy little IDE -- the famous editor VI (that's pronounced "Six" -- it's roman numerals. No really. I'm not making fun of your ignorance... I swear).
One thing I have noticed is that academic writing often forgoes altogether any concern for the readability of the text. Another is the noted absence of any examples or ...more
One thing I have noticed is that academic writing often forgoes altogether any concern for the readability of the text. Another is the noted absence of any examples or ...more
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN READING, MEMERS?
JAVA GENERICS AND COLLECTIONS. AREN'T YOU JEALOUS OF ME? I BET YOU'RE JEALOUS OF ME.
SOUNDS RIVETING! ARE YOU FINDING IT ACTUALFAX HALPFUL?
I'M LEARNING STUFF FROM IT. HOW USEFUL IT'S GONNA BE TO ME IS STILL UP FOR DEBATE.
JAVA GENERICS AND COLLECTIONS. AREN'T YOU JEALOUS OF ME? I BET YOU'RE JEALOUS OF ME.
SOUNDS RIVETING! ARE YOU FINDING IT ACTUALFAX HALPFUL?
I'M LEARNING STUFF FROM IT. HOW USEFUL IT'S GONNA BE TO ME IS STILL UP FOR DEBATE.
Finally, i've read this book! I have a point that i should finish every book that i've started to read. This book was an exception, because i wasn't able to finish it for a few years. I had all sorts of execuses not to read this book, some of them were a lack of time and a complete disinterest in the subject of this book.
I was wrong, the book is interesting. It's a sort of holy grail for those who want to know how generics work under the hood and where to apply them. As for me i was interested i ...more
I was wrong, the book is interesting. It's a sort of holy grail for those who want to know how generics work under the hood and where to apply them. As for me i was interested i ...more
I read the collection API part. It is not as good a book and in-depth implementation details of API's is missing.
Great book that goes in depth of Java Generics which feels awkward initially to someone coming from other languages.
We all know that java generics is a hard to swallow topic but this book makes it easy to understand decisions behind the generics and gives some best practices. In order to give sense of generics book follows collections framework and detailed information about collection interfaces and methods. Nicely structured and easy to follow with bonus of being thin book.
Type systems kind of blow my mind, in particular things like bounded types and co-/contravariance Feels like 2 totally separate books, and the collections section was fairly dry. The first half, on generics, helped to make things clearer - will probably need a second read to solidify.
A must read on Generics... with Neil Gafter's blog and Angelika Langer's FAQ (even though they are sometimes hard to find, there are some true gems like the entry on how to instantiate a wildcard parameterized type despite the compiler's best efforts to prevent it).
I was concerned that this book would be tedious on such a narrow subject. The authors delivered the information directly and clearly. This was enough to keep everything interesting.
Strangely boring, given that I've enjoyed Wadler's writings on Haskell. Some very good sections (the first 100 pages); some incredibly boring ones (most of the Collections discussion).
An interesting and succinct book which focuses on generics and collections, clearing many things regarding them. Probably a second read would be needed.
Quite heavy going at times but does cover most topics on generics and collections you could possibly need.
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