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Transitioning to Java

By : Ken Fogel
Book Image

Transitioning to Java

By: Ken Fogel

Overview of this book

This comprehensive guide will help non-Java developers already using different languages transition from their current language to all things Java. The chapters are designed in a way that re-enforces a developer’s existing knowledge of object-oriented methodologies as they apply to Java. This book has been divided into four sections, with each section touching upon different aspects that’ll enable your effective transition. The first section helps you get to grips with the Java development environment and the Maven build tool for modern Java applications. In the second section, you’ll learn about Java language fundamentals, along with exploring object-oriented programming (OOP) methodologies and functional programming and discovering how to implement software design patterns in Java. The third section shows you how to code in Java on different platforms and helps you get familiar with the challenges faced on these platforms. In the fourth section, you’ll find out how you can manage and package your Java code. By the end of this Java programming book, you’ll have learned the core concepts of Java that’ll help you successfully transition from a different language to Java.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1:The Java Development Environment
5
Part 2:Language Fundamentals
15
Part 3:GUI and Web Coding in Java
19
Part 4:Packaging Java Code

Using sequential implementations and interfaces

Let’s begin with the implementation. These are classes that manage the data in many ways. They are ArrayList, LinkedList, and ArrayDeque.

ArrayList

This is a dynamic array-like structure. As a class, you must use methods rather than subscripts to access specific elements. You add elements at the end of the list. Once you add an element, you can read from it, write to it, search for a specific value, and remove elements from a specific position or that match a specific value.

You can instantiate an ArrayList class with or without an initial capacity. If you do not specify a capacity, then it will default to a capacity of 10. If you know in advance how many elements you will need, then include that value when you instantiate the ArrayList class. The auto-resizing of an ArrayList class entails overhead that you can avoid if you know the precise size. In either case, you cannot access elements until you first add an element...