Practical API Design

Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

By: Jaroslav Tulach

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You might think more than enough design books exist in the programming world already. In fact, there are so many that it makes sense to ask why you would read yet another. Is there really a need for yet another design book? In fact, there is a greater need than ever before, and Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect fills that need!

Teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of time
Written by the designer of the NetBeans API at Sun Technologies
Based on best practices, scalability, and API design patterns

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Prologue: Yet Another Design Book?
Theory and Justification
The Art of Building Modern Software	p. 5
The Motivation to Create an API	p. 15
Determining What Makes a Good API	p. 27
Ever-Changing Targets	p. 37
Practical Design
Do Not Expose More Than You Want	p. 69
Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations	p. 87
Use Modular Architecture	p. 99
Separate APls for Clients and Providers	p. 131
Keep Testability in Mind	p. 149
Cooperating with Other APls	p. 159
Runtime Aspects of APls	p. 185
Declarative Programming	p. 225
Daily Life
Extreme Advice Considered Harmful	p. 239
Paradoxes of API Design	p. 249
Evolving the API Universe	p. 261
Teamwork	p. 291
Using Games to Improve API Design Skills	p. 303
Extensible Visitor Pattern Case Study	p. 333
End-of-Life Procedures	p. 355
Epilogue: The Future	p. 363
Bibliography	p. 373
Index	p. 375
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Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

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