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The 5.0 release of the Java Standard Edition (J2SE) adds a number of major and minor new language features and library extensions.  The most significant addition to the Java programming language are generic types and methods.  The most substantial addition to the Java platform libraries are the new concurrency utilities. 

Java Generics
A common misconception regarding generics is its comparison to C++ templates.  Many people believe that Java generics are similar to C++ templates, while in fact both features have barely anything in common: C++ templates is a Turing complete language ? Java generics is syntactic sugar that elides some casting. Java generics are a pure compile-time feature that is translated to non-generic Java bytecode, for reasons of compatibility with previous versions of Java.
In this tutorial, we will take a look into the proposed language feature, how it will help us improve our programs, how it is supposed to be used and where its limitations are. 
More specifically, we will discuss the additions made to the language itself (parameterized types and methods as well as covariant return types), changes to the platform libraries (generic collections and extended reflection) and various exciting details of generics such as the properties of type parameters (their bounds and their scope), generic methods and type parameters inference, and the translation of generics into bytecode.
 

Concurrency Utilities
The Java platform provides basic, low-level primitives for writing concurrent programs, but they are difficult to use properly. Many programs become clearer, shorter, faster, easier to write, and more reliable if higher-level synchronization constructs are used. 
A comprehensive library of concurrency utilities has been developed for inclusion in the 5.0 release of J2SE. This library, known as the util.concurrent package, contains thread pools, queues, concurrent collections, special-purpose locks, barriers, and related utilities. The addition to the Java platform is substantial and will change the way we will implement concurrent Java applications. This tutorial gives an overview of the new library.
 

Enums, Autoboxing, Annotations, etc.
Some smaller additions to the programming language comprise syntax for enumeration types, an enhanced for-loop, static imports, autoboxing, and varargs. Another novelty in Java 5.0 is the meta-data facility that allows definition and use of program annotations.

This is a course for Java programmers who want to explore new language features added to the Java programming language with release 5.0 of the J2SE. The course is designed to build on existing expertise as Java programmers and take your skills one step further. Prerequisite for these seminars is at least 1 year of experience with Java or equivalent knowledge. 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

	Learn how to use generics effectively
	Know what to expect of Java generics
	Know how get the most out of the new concurrency utilities
	Understand best-practice Java idioms

BUSINESS OBJECTIVES

	Equip your software professionals with industrial-strength Java skills
	Make your Java software more reliable
	Get the most out of Java

The course is designed by Klaus Kreft & Angelika Langer and backed by years of experience in teaching  Java and C++ related topics and more than a decade of real-world experience in industrial software development both in C++ and Java.

Angelika Langer is a freelance trainer/mentor in the area of object-oriented software development in C++ and Java. She is a recognized author and speaker at conferences worldwide and author of the Java Generics FAQ .

Klaus Kreft is a senior consultant for more than 20 years and has served as the lead architect on several successful industry projects. He has been working in C++ for many year and works in Java since 1995. He is a regular speaker at OO conferences in Germany.

Together they wrote columns for C+ Report and C/C++ Users Journal,  are authors of the  book "Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales". They  publish articles on C++ and Java topics in various computer magazines worldwide, including the column "Effective Java" in the German JavaSpektrum magazine. 

• Enumeration Types
• Autoboxing
• Enhanced for-Loop
• Varargs
• Static Import
• Program Annotations

• Generic Types and Methods
• Wildcards
• Type Erasure
• Use of Type Variables
• Use of Parameterized Types
• Automatic Type Inference
• Overriding of Generic Methods

 

• Explicit Locks and Conditions
• Atomic Variables
• Runnable, Callable, Future
• Queue, Exchanger, Barrier, Latch
• Thread Pools
• Task Scheduling