Brian Goetz

New language features in JDK 5.0
Audience Experienced Java developers
Duration 1 day
Structure Lecture, demonstration, and hands-on labs
Students will
  • Learn the new language features in JDK 5.0 -- generic classes, enumerations, autoboxing, syntax enhancements, printf, varargs, and metadata annotations
  • Learn the major enhancements to the Java class libraries, including the new concurrency package
Overview JDK 5.0 is a major upgrade to the Java language, with a number of new language features, the most prominent and important being the addition of generic types and metadata annotations. 

This one-day class will help bring experienced developers up to speed quickly on what’s new in JDK 5.0, outlining the benefits and pitfalls of the new language and class library features. 
COURSE OUTLINE
  • Generics
    • Java generics compared to C++ templates
    • Extensions to the Java type system
    • Generics in the Java class library -- Collections, Class<T>, Enum<T>
    • Restrictions on generic types
    • Under the hood -- implementation details
  • Convariant return types
  • Enumerations
  • Autoboxing
  • Variable-length argument lists
  • Concurrency improvements
  • Metadata annotations