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    Default Need good books on generics

    hi,

    I am iStore developer,mostly working on jsp pages.
    I do have knowledge on core java.But new to generics.
    Can anyone provide book references on generics.Or any links relatated to generics can be helpful for me.

    Thanks,
    Sabitha


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    Default Re: Need good books on generics

    I read a tutorial about generics,but it was in greek.So i can only post you the examples of it,not the link(if you wish the link too ask for it )
     
    package generics;
     
     
    public class Main{
     
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            Integer[] int_array = {1,2,3,5,5}; //in Generic basic types such as int,double,char
            //can not be used,so we use instead Inetger,Double,Character.The point is that at Gene
            //rics we can play only with Classes ,not with basic types(e.g. int).Notice that 
            //Integer,etc. are classes
            Character[] char_array = {'s','a','b','h'};
     
            int s1=12;
            char s2='a';
     
            /*Purpose of function contains is to see if a symbol is part of a sequence(e.g. an 
             * array)
             */
            if(contains(int_array,s1))
            {
                System.out.println("Found" + s1);
            }
            else
                System.out.println(  s1 + " Not found...\n");
     
            if(contains(char_array,s2))
            {
                System.out.println("Found " + s2);
            }
            else
                System.out.println(  s2 + " Not found...\n");
     
        }
     
        //The generic type is placed before the return type of the function
        public static <E> boolean contains(E[] a,E x)
        {
            for(E element : a)//traverse all the elements of array a
            {
                if(x.equals(element))//equals is a function that is for use to us by JAVA
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }
    }

    and about safety of Generics

     
    package genericsafety;
     
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class Main{
     
     
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            List<Integer> l =new ArrayList();
     
            //insert some random numbers at that list
            l.add(5);
            l.add(100);
     
            //Error because the list is for int and we insert String
            //l.add("this will cause error");
        }
    }

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    Lesson: Generics (Updated) (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language)

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