Re: Is there an easy way to find the right class?

Farcus Pottysquirt wrote:
The API has tons of classes and stuff right? So if I'm writing a program in Java, how would I find the right class and package? Let's say I'm writing an app and I need a class that will take a database object and store it in some sort of list that will let me easily add and delete from it. I know that ArrayList has this functionality...but that's only by experience. What about a noobie (I rank myself only slightly higher)... how would they find this out?

If I have any clues about the package I want, I go straight to the API documentation, and start reading about that package. In particular, read any package page in the documentation - it often gives major clues about which classes to use in what situations.

If not, I google:

java whatever

where "whatever" is a description of what I want to do.

Patricia
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