The Java Developer ConnectionSM
(JDC) presents a Short Course on the Collections Framework written by
JavaTM Software licensee, the
MageLang Institute. A leading provider of Java technology training,
MageLang has contributed regularly to the JDC since 1996.
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dedicated to promoting the growth of the Java technology community
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In working through this Short Course and the accompanying
magercises you will learn to use the Collections Framework to
store and manipulate groups of data as a single unit, a
collection. Topics include a discussion and demonstration of
many of the abstract data types familiar from computer
science data structure curriculum: maps, sets, lists,
trees, arrays, hashtables, and other collections. In addition,
the courseware includes coverage of the data structures and
algorithms associated with these abstractions.
Objectives
By the end of this short course the student will be able to
perform the following tasks:
- Know the mathematical meaning of set, map, and collection
- Understand the key six interfaces of the Collections Framework
- Know how to use the concrete collection implementations
- Know how to apply sorting and searching through collections
- Know how and when to use read-only and thread-safe collections
Prerequisites
A general familiarity with the Java programming language.
If you are not familiar with these capabilities, see the
Java Tutorial.
While the course uses things like the JFC/Swing component set
and reading from a socket connection, it is not necessary to
understand these capabilities.
About
the Author
John Zukowski is a Software Mage
with MageLang Institute. He is the author of John Zukowski's
Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2 and Mastering Java 2,
as well as many other technical publications and articles. He serves on
the Senior Advisory Board at JavaWorld
and as the Focus on Java
guide at About.com.
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