Java Generics and Collections: Speed up the Java Development Process by Maurice

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Java Generics and Collections by Maurice Naftalin, Philip Wadler Covers everything from the basic uses of generics to the strangest corner cases. This book covers: fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methods; boxing and unboxing, foreach loops; subtyping and wildcards; evolution not revolution; Design patterns for generics; Sets, Queues, Lists, Maps, and their implementations; and more. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 havent known how to take advantage of these new features. "Java Generics and Collections" covers everything from the most basic uses of generics to the strangest corner cases. It teaches you everything you need to know about the collections libraries, so youll always know which collection is appropriate for any given task, and how to use it. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methods; Other new features: boxing and unboxing, foreach loops, varargs; Subtyping and wildcards; Evolution not revolution: generic libraries with legacy clients and generic clients with legacy libraries; Generics and reflection; Design patterns for generics; Sets, Queues, Lists, Maps, and their implementations; Concurrent programming and thread safety with collections; ane Performance implications of different collections.Generics and the new collection libraries they inspired take Java to a new level. If you want to take your software development practice to a new level, this book is essential reading. Author Biography Maurice Naftalin is Director of Software Development at Morningside Light Ltd., a software consultancy in the United Kingdom. Maurice consults mainly in object-oriented technologies and teaches Java classes part-time at Learning Tree. He has three decades experience as a programmer, team leader, and commercial trainer. Philip Wadler is a professor of theoretical computer science at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where his research focuses on functional and logic programming. He co-authored the Generic Java standard that became the basis for generics in Suns Java 5.0 and also contributed to the XQuery language standard base. Professor Wadler received his Ph.D., in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University and co-wrote "Introduction to Functional Programming" (Prentice-Hall). Table of Contents Preface Part I: Generics Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Subtyping and Wildcards Chapter 3: Comparison and Bounds Chapter 4: Declarations Chapter 5: Evolution, Not Revolution Chapter 6: Reification Chapter 7: Reflection Chapter 8: Effective Generics Chapter 9: Design Patterns Part II: Collections Chapter 10: The Main Interfaces of the Java Collections Framework Chapter 11: Preliminaries Chapter 12: The Collection Interface Chapter 13: Sets Chapter 14: Queues Chapter 15: Lists Chapter 16: Maps Chapter 17: The Collections Class Colophon Review "This is a very good book on two fairly focused topics - generics and collections. If you plan to make best use of either or both, buy a copy." - Ian Elliot, VSJ, April 2007 Long Description 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 havent known how to take advantage of these new features. "Java Generics and Collections" covers everything from the most basic uses of generics to the strangest corner cases. It teaches you everything you need to know about the collections libraries, so youll always know which collection is appropriate for any given task, and how to use it. Topics covered include: Fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methods Other new features: boxing and unboxing, foreach loops, varargs Subtyping and wildcards Evolution not revolution: generic libraries with legacy clients and generic clients with legacy libraries Generics and reflection Design patterns for generics Sets, Queues, Lists, Maps, and their implementations Concurrent programming and thread safety with collections Performance implications of different collections Generics and the new collection libraries they inspired take Java to a new level. If you want to take your software development practice to a new level, this book is essential reading. Philip Wadler is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, where his research focuses on the design of programming languages. He is a co-designer of GJ, work that became the basis for generics in Suns Java 5.0. Maurice Naftalin is Technical Director at Morningside Light Ltd., a software consultancy in the United Kingdom. He has most recently served as anarchitect and mentor at NSB Retail Systems plc, and as the leader of the client development team of a major UK government social service system. ""A brilliant exposition of generics. By far the best book on the topic, it provides a crystal clear tutorial that starts with the basics and ends leaving the reader with a deep understanding of both the use and design of generics."" Gilad Bracha, Java Generics Lead, Sun Microsystems Details ISBN0596527756 Author Philip Wadler Short Title JAVA GENERICS & COLL Publisher OReilly Media Language English ISBN-10 0596527756 ISBN-13 9780596527754 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 005.133 Year 2006 Country of Publication United States Series Java Place of Publication Sebastopol Birth 1951 DOI 10.1604/9780596527754 Subtitle Speed up the Java Development Process AU Release Date 2006-11-07 NZ Release Date 2006-11-07 UK Release Date 2006-11-07 Imprint OReilly Media Pages 294 Illustrations Illustrations, Audience Undergraduate Publication Date 2006-11-21 US Release Date 2006-11-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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