Java collections (Q2740514)

The book is about Java's support for dealing with data structures via groups of classes called collections. The collections can be viewed as an implementation of the concept of design patterns from the well known Gamma et al. book. The collections discussed in the book are available in Java libraries. The book is not intended to be any Java tutorial. The book consists of three parts (Historical Collection Classes, The Collection Framework, Alternative Collection Libraries) and three appendices (Collection API References, Collection Resources, Generic Types). The Part 1 contains the collections for Java 1. It includes implementation details and examples showing how to use the collections. It can be used as a source of examples of good programming practices. The Part 2 deals with the collection frame of the Java 2 platform, version 1.2. This part discusses mainly the examples of the use of collection interfaces, especially collections providing collection framework support (e.g. singletons, lists, etc.). The Part 3 discusses collection libraries JGL, Dough's Librery, and Colt. The explanation of the collections is based on UML class diagrams. The source codes from the book is freely available from \url{http://www.apress.com/}. The book is a good introduction into programming with collections.