Here's a unique, Java-centric guide to creating abstract data types, one of the main tenets of object-oriented programming and a key component in large-scale software development. The author, a Java veteran, fully describes the design, use, and implementation of abstract data types. The tutorial format of the text (which includes chapter summaries, exercises, and examples) is equally useful for classroom instructors and working programmers who want an applications-oriented approach.
Here's a uniquely "Java-centric" approach to using well-design abstract data types (ADTs) to simplify the development life cycle and create more readily reusable code. It is the only book that provides comprehensive and well-sequenced coverage of how to design, use, and implement such Java ADTs as: Arrays and Vectors; Hash Tables; Linked List; Stacks; Queues; Simple Trees; Binary Trees; 2-3-4 (Red-Black) Trees; B-Trees. Extensive examples, exercises, and chapter summaries make this timely guide equally appropriate as a classroom text or as an on-the-job learning tool for the applications as opposed to mere program smippets.