Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Converting Sets Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:32:25 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <30583930.1175.1328337145429.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prnc3> References: <11fki7dcr12je80bqi6q7ml6f0tc78965a@4ax.com> <4f2a767d$0$449$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <4f2aa4fe$0$6897$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328338129 6625 127.0.0.1 (4 Feb 2012 06:48:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 06:48:49 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11774 On Friday, February 3, 2012 2:12:46 PM UTC-8, markspace wrote: > On 2/2/2012 4:29 PM, Roedy Green wrote: > > > Perhaps it is time to read-read all the generics docs and see if they > > make more sense now with some practical experience under my belt. http://www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html > If you feel seriously that you need more explanation, try O'Reilly's > "Learning Java", third edition. It has one of the better explanations > of generics I've found. It's big book to buy just for the generics > section, but not really that much money in the grand scheme of things. > Can you imagine some other way to pay $40 - $50 and get someone to > explain a difficult programming concept? I can't. -- Lew