Java Generics and Collections

Maurice Naftalin, Philip Wadler

ISBN 10: 1098136721 / ISBN 13: 9781098136727

Published by O'Reilly Media, US, 2025

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Java Generics and Collections has been the go-to guide to generics for more than a decade. This second edition covers Java 21, providing a clear guide to generics from their most common uses to the strangest corner cases, giving you everything you need to know to use and write generic APIs effectively. It covers the collections library thoroughly, so you'll always know how and when to use each collection for any given task. And it explains stream processing, so you'll know which model to use and how they interoperate to get the best out of the platform library.This indispensable guide covers:Fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methodsSubtyping and wildcardsGenerics and reflectionDesign patterns for genericsSets, queues, lists, maps, and their implementationsConcurrent programming and thread safety with collectionsPerformance of different collection implementationsBest practices for using and extending the Java collections frameworkDesign philosophy and comparison with other collections libraries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Java Generics and Collections
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, US
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1098136721
• ISBN 13: 9781098136727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Java Generics and Collections has been the go-to guide to generics for more than a decade. This second edition covers Java 21, providing a clear guide to generics from their most common uses to the strangest corner cases, giving you everything you need to know to use and write generic APIs effectively. It covers the collections library thoroughly, so you'll always know how and when to use each collection for any given task. And it explains stream processing, so you'll know which model to use and how they interoperate to get the best out of the platform library.

This indispensable guide covers:

• Fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methods
• Subtyping and wildcards
• Generics and reflection
• Design patterns for generics
• Sets, queues, lists, maps, and their implementations
• Concurrent programming and thread safety with collections
• Performance of different collection implementations
• Best practices for using and extending the Java collections framework
• Design philosophy and comparison with other collections libraries

About the Authors

Maurice Naftalin is Technical Director at Morningside Light Ltd., a software consultancy in the United Kingdom.

Philip Wadler is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at theUniversity 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.