Java Collections

by John Zukowski

Overview

The Collections Framework is supplied with all versions of the Java 2 platform and provides programmers with incredibly efficient ways to manipulate data. However, given the large number of methods and classes in this library, using them correctly is hardly a cakewalk. Well-known columnist and bestselling author John Zukowski gives the Java professional exactly what he or she needs to know about this vital library in order to maximize productivity. This practical book contains comprehensive coverage of the important Collections Framework from the working programmer's point of view, while staying away from academic abstractions.

Java Collections leads you through the standard Java support for maintaining abstract groups of data, from the historical collection classes available since the inception of Java time, through the Collections Framework introduced with the Java 2 platform, and on to third-party alternative libraries for times when the standard support isn't enough. If you're working with data in Java programs, you need to understand the Collections Framework. Let Zukowski's Java Collections be your guide!

Table of Contents

1. Java Collections Framework:An Overview
2. Arrays
3. The Vector and Stack Classes
4. The Enumeration Interface
5. The Dictionary, Hashtable, and Properties Classes
6. The BitSet Class
7. Collections Introduction
8. Sets
9. Lists
10. Maps
11. Sorting
12. Special Collections Support
13. Array Algorithm Support
14. Custom Implementations
15. Compatibility Issues
16. Advanced Usages
17. JGL Libraries
18. util.concurrent
19. Colt

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893115927
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/27/2001
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	7.52(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

John Zukowski has been involved with the Java platform since it was just called Java, since 1995. He writes a monthly column for Sun's Core Java Technologies Tech Tips and Technology Fundamentals Newsletter. He has contributed content to numerous other sites, including jGuru, DevX, Intel, and JavaWorld. He has written many other popular titles on Java, including Java AWT Reference (O'Reilly), Mastering Java 2 (Sybex), Borlands' JBuilder: No Experience Required (Sybex), Learn Java with JBuilder 6 (Apress), Java Collections (Apress), and The Definitive Guide to Swing (Apress).

Table of Contents

1 Java Collections Framework: An Overview.- One The Historical Collection Classes.- 2 Arrays.- 3 The Vector and Stack Classes.- 4 The Enumeration Interface.- 5 The Dictionary, Hashtable, and Properties Classes.- 6 The BitSet Class.- Two The Collections Framework.- 7 Collections Introduction.- 8 Sets.- 9 Lists.- 10 Maps.- 11 Sorting.- 12 Special Collections Support.- 13 Array Algorithm Support.- 14 Custom Implementations.- 15 Compatibility Issues.- 16 Advanced Usages.- Three Alternative Collection Libraries.- 17 JGL Libraries.- 18 util.concurrent.- 19 Colt.- Appendix A Collections API Reference.- Class, Method, and Field Index.- Class-Level API Index.- Appendix B Collections Resources.- Collections Implementations.- Collections FAQs and Tutorials.- Mailing Lists and Newsgroups.- Collections-Related Web Sites and Information.- Appendix C Generic Types.- Generic Type Basics.- Generic Java.- PolyJ.- JSR 14.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

¿¿a clearly documented, insightful, comprehensive, and entertaining exploration of the Swing API, complete with the kind of treatment that offers something new to even the most sophisticated Swing developer (yet) is easily accessible to even novice Swing developers¿I recommend it highly to anyone who has, or plans to do, any Java user interface development.¿ ¿DEVYX.COM

"The book is about Java’s support for dealing with data structures via groups of classes called collections. … It can be used as a source of examples of good programming practices. … The book is a good introduction into programming with collections." (Jaroslav Král, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1001, 2003)

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