Highlights include:
*New coverage of generics, enums, annotations, autoboxing, the for-each loop, varargs, concurrency utilities, and much more
*Updated techniques and best practices on classic topics, including objects, classes, libraries, methods, and serialization
*How to avoid the traps and pitfalls of commonly misunderstood subtleties of the language
*Focus on the language and its most fundamental libraries: java.lang, java.util, and, to a lesser extent, java.util.concurrent and java.io
Simply put, Effective Java™, Second Edition, presents the most practical, authoritative guidelines available for writing efficient, well-designed programs.