Java Generics and Collections has been the go-to guide to generics for more than a decade. This
second edition covers Java 21 providing a clear guide to generics from their most common uses
to the strangest corner cases giving you everything you need to know to use and write generic
APIs effectively. It covers the collections library thoroughly so you'll always know how and
when to use each collection for any given task. And it explains stream processing so you'll
know which model to use and how they interoperate to get the best out of the platform library.
This indispensable guide covers: Fundamentals of generics: type parameters and generic methods
Subtyping and wildcards Generics and reflection Design patterns for generics Sets queues
lists maps and their implementations Concurrent programming and thread safety with
collections Performance of different collection implementations Best practices for using and
extending the Java collections framework Design philosophy and comparison with other
collections libraries
