Java in Practice: Design Styles and Idioms for Effective Java

by Warren, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780201360653
• ISBN10: 0201360659
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Providing a "how to" approach for hard-core programmers, this title helps Java developers by presenting common pattern, idioms and styles for solving design and programming problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix	(4)
Acknowledgments	xiii
1 Encapsulation	1	(12)
Encapsulation in software	2	(3)
Extending encapsulated systems	5	(3)
Packages	8	(1)
Inner classes	9	(4)
2 Inheritance	13	(18)
Inheritance for reuse	14	(3)
Generalization	17	(3)
Delegation	20	(2)
Implicit inheritance	22	(2)
Abstraction	24	(1)
Interfaces	24	(2)
Abstract classes	26	(2)
Final classes	28	(3)
3 Polymorphism	31	(14)
What is polymorphism?	31	(3)
Applying polymorphism	34	(4)
Multiple levels of polymorphism	38	(5)
Section summary	43	(2)
4 Type safety and constants	45	(18)
Understanding constants	45	(7)
Typesafe constants	48	(4)
Immutable objects	52	(2)
Implementing a read-only interface	54	(2)
Cloning	56	(4)
Cloneable ReadOnly Object	60	(3)
5 Exceptions	63	(22)
Classical error handling	64	(1)
Java's exceptions	65	(1)
Defining exceptions	66	(2)
Handling exceptions	68	(7)
Single Entry Single Exit idiom	74	(1)
Finally	75	(2)
Using exceptions in constructors	77	(1)
Encapsulating explicit Java and third-party library exceptions	78	(1)
Incorrect usage of Java's exceptions	78	(1)
Delegation based exception handling	79	(6)
6 Using callbacks	85	(12)
Polling in detail	86	(1)
Participants in callbacks	87	(1)
Implementing callbacks	88	(2)
Multicast callbacks	90	(4)
Handling excepetions with callbacks	94	(3)
7 Loading classes and creating objects	97	(18)
Loading classes	98	(2)
Creating objects	100	(4)
Using dynamic class loading	104	(3)
Using objects and classes	107	(1)
Reachability	108	(1)
Objects removal	108	(1)
Finalize	109	(3)
Class unloading	112	(3)
8 Creational idioms	115	(22)
Object factory	115	(1)
Factory method	116	(4)
Abstract Factory	120	(9)
Language Translator implementing Abstract Factory	120	(9)
Singleton	129	(3)
Singleton adapter	132	(3)
"Virtual" Constructor idiom	135	(2)
9 Balancing performance and resource usage	137	(18)
Lazy instantiation	138	(5)
Lazy instantiation of objects	138	(5)
Eager instantiation	143	(5)
Lazy evaluation	148	(3)
Eager evaluation	151	(4)
10 Collections	155	(14)
A standard collection class	155	(2)
Homogenous collections	157	(12)
Typesafe collections	157	(4)
Runtime typed collections	161	(8)
11 Iterators	169	(16)
The power of iterators	169	(4)
Types of iterators	173	(9)
Uni-directional iterators	173	(2)
Bi-directional iterators	175	(2)
Other types of iterator	177	(5)
Multi-threading	182	(3)
Appendix A Diagrams and coding conventions	185	(10)
Appendix B Summary of rules, design principles, and tips	195	(4)
Glossary	199	(4)
References	203	(2)
Index	205