Java Generics and Collections

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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.
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 you'll 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 Sun's 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 an
architect 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