Java 1.5 Tiger : a developer's notebook / Brett McLaughlin and David Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaughlin, Brett.

Contributor:

Flanagan, David.

Series:

Developer's notebook series.

The developer's notebook series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Java (Computer program language).

Programming languages (Electronic computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, [2004]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Java 5.0, code-named ""Tiger"", promises to be the most significant new version of Java since the introduction of the language. With over a hundred substantial changes to the core language, as well as numerous library and API additions, developers have a variety of new features, facilities, and techniques available. But with so many changes, where do you start? You could read through the lengthy, often boring language specification; you could wait for the latest 500 page tome on concepts and theory; you could even play around with the new JDK, hoping you figure things out--or you

Contents:

Contents; The Developer's Notebook Series; Notebooks Are...; Notebooks Aren't...; Organization; Preface; Organization; How This Book Was Written; About the Examples; Conventions Used in This Book; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments from Brett; Acknowledgments from David; Chapter 1. What's New?; Working with Arrays; Using Queues; Ordering Queues Using Comparators; Overriding Return Types; Taking Advantage of Better Unicode; Adding String Builder to the Mix; Chapter 2. Generics; Using Type-Safe Lists; Using Type-Safe Maps; Iterating Over Parameterized Types

Accepting Parameterized Types as ArgumentsReturning Parameterized Types; Using Parameterized Types as Type Parameters; Checking for Lint; Generics and Type Conversions; Using Type Wildcards; Writing Generic Types; Restricting Type Parameters; Chapter 3. Enumerated Types; Creating an Enum; Declaring Enums Inline; Iterating Over Enums; Switching on Enums; Maps of Enums; Sets of Enums; Adding Methods to an Enum; Implementing Interfaces with Enums; Value-Specific Class Bodies; Manually Defining an Enum; Extending an Enum; Chapter 4. Autoboxing and Unboxing; Converting Primitives to Wrapper Types

Converting Wrapper Types to PrimitivesIncrementing and Decrementing Wrapper Types; Boolean Versus boolean; Conditionals and Unboxing; Control Statements and Unboxing; Method Overload Resolution; Chapter 5. varargs; Creating a Variable-Length Argument List; Iterating Over Variable-Length Argument Lists; Allowing Zero-Length Argument Lists; Specify Object Arguments Over Primitives; Avoiding Automatic Array Conversion; Chapter 6. Annotations; Using Standard Annotation Types; Annotating an Overriding Method; Annotating a Deprecated Method; Suppressing Warnings; Creating Custom Annotation Types

Annotating AnnotationsDefining an Annotation Type's Target; Setting the Retention of an Annotation Type; Documenting Annotation Types; Setting Up Inheritance in Annotations; Reflecting on Annotations; Chapter 7. The for/in Statement; Ditching Iterators; Iterating over Arrays; Iterating over Collections; Avoiding Unnecessary Typecasts; Making Your Classes Work with for/in; Determining List Position and Variable Value; Removing List Items in a for/in Loop; Chapter 8. Static Imports; Importing Static Members; Using Wildcards in Static Imports; Importing Enumerated Type Values

Importing Multiple Members with the Same NameShadowing Static Imports; Chapter 9. Formatting; Creating a Formatter; Writing Formatted Output; Using the format( ) Convenience Method; Using the printf( ) Convenience Method; Chapter 10. Threading; Handling Uncaught Exceptions in Threads; Using Thread-Safe Collections; Using Blocking Queues; Specifying Timeouts for Blocking; Separating Thread Logic from Execution Logic; Using Executor as a Service; Using Callable Objects; Executing Tasks Without an ExecutorService; Scheduling Tasks; Advanced Synchronizing; Using Atomic Types

Locking Versus Synchronization

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596805388

0596805381

OCLC:

776509580