tailieunhanh - Java Collections John Zukowski

When learning a new computer programming language, one of the first things you tend to ask is how to work with large groups of data. This topic is often covered in the second course of the standard curriculum for Computer Science as part of a class typically called Data Structures. If you were to look at the class syllabus, you'd likely see topics such as linked lists, queues, stacks, and binary trees, among many other data structures. In Java, these structures are part of the Java Collections Framework | BOOKS FOR PROFESSIONALS BY PROFESSIONALS Java Collections ixn xHivmhv nwcw p tIw Lr n olkrikm Ikaowwovi ln tx r rr al vtii Id rwi iiy i nd Iullrsrulnv ulki in Idfrjfu-y iim I mIi ik iNwg tr C Il und Apress Java Collections John Zukowski Apress Copyright 2001 by John Zukowski All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN pbk 1-893115-92-5 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Editorial Directors Dan Appleman Gary Cornell Karen Watterson Technical Editor Kim Topley Developmental Editor and Copy Editor Kiersten Burke Production Editor Kari Brooks Compositor Impressions Book and Journal Services Inc. Indexer Carol Burbo Cover Designer Karl Miyajima Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 175 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 and outside the United States by Springer-Verlag GmbH Co. KG Tiergartenstr. 17 69112 Heidelberg Germany The information in this book is distributed on an as is basis without warranty. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work neither the author nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work. Acknowledgments Writing this book has been an interesting experience. So much has changed from when I started until now it s almost hard to believe. No more Focus on Java at no more employment by jGuru though I still consult for them and I m now off on my own with JZ .