Java 2 v5.0 (Tiger) New Features

By Herbert Schildt

A short but thorough book covering the new features of the long awaited Java 2 version 5.0. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072258543
• ISBN13: 9780072258547
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Serves its purpose!

The author did a good job in bringing all the new features of Java 1.5 in front of the reader. This is one of the first books published for Java 5, and I am very satisfied with it.

Concise yet complete

This book does a great job introducing the new features of Tiger to developers familiar with previous versions of Java. There examples are not lengthy and are not meant to be mock-ups of real-life applications, as other reviewers have noted, but that's not really the scope of this book. The small code examples serve a simple purpose; to demonstrate the specific functionality that the author has described. And the author does a fantastic job of defining the new features. Some of the features represent a significant departure from what I am used to in previous versions of Java (Generics and Annotations are the two biggest for me), and the author's exposition of these features really helped me understand them. I won't claim to be an expert, but again, that's not what this book is about. It is an introduction to the new features, which I feel well-acquainted with after having read this book.

Unleash the power of Tiger

If you are experienced Java professional and want to have a fast and quick way to pick up what's new in v5.0, then this book is for you. Each topic (generics, autoboxing, enums, for-each, static imports, varargs, annotations, formatter, scanner) is explained clearly and concisely with expressive code samples. Schildt even lets you in on how the compiler handles some of these syntax enhancements. By covering only what's new in Tiger, this fast paced guide gets you up to speed quickly, without rehashing what you already know. The world of Java is changing and no programmer can afford to be left behind. Herb Schildt show you how to move your programming skills to Java 2, v5.0

A Fast Look at the Highlights.

You can now get v5.0 from the site java.sun.com. This book is a fast and quick way to get an overview of what new features are included the release. This is a fairly small book, it hits the highlights and moves on quickly. It is not intended for beginners, it presumes that you have the basics of Java down pretty well and are just looking to see what the new features might mean to you and the coding job your working on right now. Because it is a fairly small book, only a couple of hundred pages, it only hits the highlights of these new language extensions. It's enough to give you an idea if this feature will help you. The V5.0 release is a prettly large release, incorporating a lot of new features. It's somewhat surprising to see this much being added to a fairly mature language that's been around for ten years or so.

You can't go wrong with this book

"If you already know Java and want to utilize the impressive array of innovations contained in Java 2, v5.0, this book is for you." That's actually from the back cover of the book and I have to say I fully agree. Schildt has brought us many useful titles and "Java 2, v5.0 (Tiger) New Features" is no exception. The delightfully small book (a hair below 200 pages) packs just enough information to upgrade your know-how to the level of the latest Java version. Each topic (generics, autoboxing, enums, for-each, static imports, varargs, annotations, formatter, scanner) is explained clearly and concisely with expressive code samples. Schildt even lets you in on how the compiler handles some of these syntax enhancements, which I especially enjoyed reading about. The major features of each new addition is discussed in more detail and the less common methods are given a one-sentence description, which suits me, personally, quite well as long as I agree with what's common and what's not. Talking about agreeing on what's common, the only real gripes I have with "Java 2, v5.0 (Tiger) New Features" is that the author completely by-passes the addition of java.lang.instrument and java.lang.management packages, only mentioning that those have been added. I would've certainly expected to read at least a page worth of overview on the actual services those packages provide. In summary, I'd say you can't go wrong with this book. It's not a "complete reference" nor is it intended to be. It's a quick path to knowing just enough to feel comfortable diving into Java code written "Tiger style".