Effective Java, 3rd Edition

Index

Symbols

_ in numeric literals, 108

... variable arity argument

See varargs

< > type parameter delimiters, 117, 123

<?> unbounded wildcard type, 120

A

abstract classes

designing for inheritance, 97

vs. interfaces, 99–103

noninstantiability and, 19

subclassing, and equals, 45

access control mechanisms, 74

access levels, 73–77

module-level, 76–77

of readResolve, 362

rules of thumb for, 74–75

of static member classes, 112

access modifiers, 74

accessor methods, 78

defensive copies and, 80, 233

for failure-capture data, 297, 307

immutability and, 80

naming conventions for, 291–292

vs. public fields, 78–79

for toString data, 57

actual type parameters, 117

Adapter pattern, 23, 101, 113

aggregate types vs. strings, 276

alien methods, 317

annotations, ...