This practical book contains comprehensive coverage of the important Collection Library supplied with Java 2. Collections are now built into Java 2 because they provide programmers with incredibly efficient ways to manipulate data. However given the large number of possible functions and classes in this library using them correctly is hardly a piece of cake. Zukowski gives the Java professional exactly what he or she needs to know about this vital library.
Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The Historical Collection of Classes
Chapter 1: Arrays
Chapter 2: The Vector and Stack Classes
Chapter 3: The Enumeration Interface
Chapter 4: The Dictionary, Hashtable and Properties Classes
Part II: The Collections Framework
Chapter 5: Collections
Chapter 6: Sets
Chapter 7: Sequences and Lists
Chapter 8: Maps
Chapter 9: Sorting
Chapter 10: Special Collection Implementations
Chapter 11: Array Algorithm Support
Chapter 12: Creating Custom Implementations
Chapter 13: Usage Issues
Chapter 14: Advanced Issues / Examples
Part III: Alternative Collection Libraries
Chapter 15: The Generic Collection Library for Java (JGL)
Chapter 16: Doug Lea's util.concurrent
Chapter 17: Colt
Appendices
Collections API Reference |
