This comprehensive guide shows you how to master the most important changes to Java since it was first released. Generics and the greatly expanded ...
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May 15, 2011
Jeanne
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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 C 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 C More...
Oct 23, 2007
Matthew
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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 absen 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 absen More...
Mar 16, 2010
Linda
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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.
Apr 25, 2011
Spencer
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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.
Feb 17, 2009
Christian
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This book was lame - I forgot why, but it definitely was lame.
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Aug 21, 2011
Colin
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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.
Sep 14, 2011
Eric
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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).
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