Re: Studying Generics

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:58:01 +0200, Peter Horlock
<Peter.Horlock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

I am looking for a GOOD book or tutorial about all subleties of
Generics. I've bought Oreilly's "Java Generics", but so far I don't
really like it - After reading it, many topics still seem unclear to me.

Are there any alternatives?

The problem is generics truly are weird. Type erasure is a
Procrustean bed. I doubt any book could make them palatable. Try
reading Angelika Langer's FAQ. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/generics.html

Then look at Sun Collection code that makes extensive use of generics
in src.zip.

Pretty well the only way I can deal with them is to think what Sun
code is likely trying to do something similar to what I am doing then
see how they handled it.

There are half a dozen people here who post regularly whom I think
understand them fairly deeply. They seem unusually willing to CORRECT
stabs at solving generics problems.
--

Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com
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