Effective Java Programming Language Guide

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Effective Java Programming Language Guide - by Joshua Bloch



Have you ever overridden the equals() method, but not have it work correctly? Do you miss some of the C constructs and wonder how you can do the same thing in JAVA? Have you ever wished you could come up with better design for your classes?

Then this book is for you. First, this is definitely not a book for beginners. I’m not saying you have to be a guru to appreciate the material presented. I made a lot of the same mistakes Joshua pointed out in his book early in my JAVA career. For example, the check list for Item 7: Obeying the general contract when overriding equals, will more than pay for the book when you don’t have to spend several hours trying to figure out why your equals() implementation isn’t working. (If my manager is reading this review, let it be known that this book wasn’t available a year ago, and implementing equals() correctly isn’t trivial!) The book is littered with examples of actual design patterns used in the JDK library, and the material is very up-to-date with references to the JDK 1.4.

Anyone aspiring to write good JAVA code that others will appreciate reading and maintaining should be required to own a copy of this book. This is one of those rare books where the information won’t become obsolete with subsequent release of the JDK library. A definite must-have for any JAVA developer/programmer.


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