Re: Enum Idiom Question
Ian Smith wrote:
I think I actually saw it first in "Java in a Nutshell" - OK as a quick
reference but not a great learning book.
"Effective Java" is IMO a goldmine. Also "Java Generics & Collections"
and "Java Concurrency in Practice".
The free chapter of /Effective Java/ (You hear that, Rhino? Free!)
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/toc.html>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/generics.pdf>
is the best explanation of Java generics I've encountered, save perhaps for
Brian Goetz's articles on DeveloperWorks, also free. (You hear that, Rhino?
Free!)
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java>
enums:
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-enums.html>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-tiger04195/>
Brian Goetz:
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchType=1&searchSite=dW&searchScope=javaZ&query=Goetz&Search=Search>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/j-dw-java-generics-i.html>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jtp01255.html>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp0618.html>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp04223.html>
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp09275.html>
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