Java Collections Puzzlers by Maurice Naftalin And José Paumard

The Java Collections Framework is the most widely used API – probably in your application too. You use it all the time, but do you really know your way around it? You can be surprised even by common classes like ArrayList and HashMap, let alone by the handling of null values or immutability in lesser-known classes. In this interactive session, we’ll look at some obvious code and its less-than-obvious effect. It’s up to you to guess the outcome! But everything will be explained, and you’ll end up knowing how to avoid pitfalls, both well-known and obscure, in using the Collections Framework. MAURICE NAFTALIN Four+ decades as a programmer, teacher, and author. Java Champion, frequent conference speaker. Disorganiser of JAlba, best unconference in Scotland! Author "Mastering Lambdas". Currently revising "Java Generics and Collections" for a second edition. JOSÉ PAUMARD José works as Java Developer Advocate at Oracle. PhD in applied maths and computer science, assistant professor at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord for 25 years, he is a Java Champion Alumni and JavaOne Rockstar. He is a member of the french Paris Java User Group, has been a co-organizer of the conference Devoxx France, and is a disorganizer of JChateau, an unconference held in the Chateau of the Loire Valley. He works on the dev.java documentation and community website, publishes the JEP Café, a monthly video cast on YouTube, and maintains a french YouTube channel with more than 80 hours of Java courses. He is also a Pluralsight author in the Java space. ------------------------------------------------------------ INTRO * visuals & editing by @Mercator * music : Avocado by Ephixa