I co-host two BOFs at JavaOne this year and be available at the
Ask The Experts pod:
- Best Practices With Generics and Other Java™ Platform 5.0 Language Features
BOF-0160 (Wed 8:30 - 9:20 pm)
- This session is a follow-up to BOF-9225 of the 2005 JavaOne conference.
Generic types (generics) were added to the Java™ programming language in the JDK™ 5.0 release (code-named Tiger).
Generic types in the language were designed to allow an unsurpassed level of compatibility, but it is still possible to break compatibility. This presentation examines the underlying implementation technique (erasure) and discusses best practices and how to avoid common pitfalls when "generifying" existing code.
- Java™ Programming Language and Compiler Issues for the Java Platform
BOF-0159 (Wed 9:30 - 10:20 pm)
- A recurring event at the JavaOne conference:
This session discusses Java™ programming language issues and issues involving javac, the compiler for the language.
Any language and compiler issue can be discussed:
- Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 5 features
- Old, well-known features
- Proposed features for the upcoming Java platform releases (code-named Mustang and Dolphin)
- Wouldn't it be nice...?
- Ask The Experts: Java™ Compiler & Language at the Java SE Community booth (Thu 1 - 2 pm)
- Come by if you have any questions on the compiler, the language, JSR 199, or JSR 269.
Joe has posted about JSR 269 events on his blog.
I may join him at his booth slot on Tuesday.
