Introduction to the Collections Framework

Introduction to the Collections Framework
About This Short Course

By MageLang Institute

[Short Course| Magercises]

The Java Developer Connection^SM (JDC) presents a Short Course on the Collections Framework written by Java^TM Software licensee, the MageLang Institute. A leading provider of Java technology training, MageLang has contributed regularly to the JDC since 1996.

The MageLang Institute, since its founding in 1995, has been dedicated to promoting the growth of the Java technology community by providing excellent education and acting as an independent resource. To find out more about MageLang's Java technology training, visit the MageLang web site.

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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