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Practical API Design—Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

by Jaroslav Tulach

2008 (416 pages)

ISBN:9781430209737

Recommended to every API architect who prefers a bit more engineering design over a purely artistic one, this book teaches you how to write an API that will stand the test of time.

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Practical API Design—Confessions of a Java Framework Architect
Prologue—Yet Another Design Book?
Part 1 - Theory and Justification
Chapter 1	-	The Art of Building Modern Software
Chapter 2	-	The Motivation to Create an API
Chapter 3	-	Determining What Makes a Good API
Chapter 4	-	Ever-Changing Targets
Part 2 - Practical Design
Chapter 5	-	Do Not Expose More Than You Want
Chapter 6	-	Code Against Interfaces, Not Implementations
Chapter 7	-	Use Modular Architecture
Chapter 8	-	Separate APIs for Clients and Providers
Chapter 9	-	Keep Testability in Mind
Chapter 10	-	Cooperating with other APIs
Chapter 11	-	Runtime Aspects of APIs
Chapter 12	-	Declarative Programming
Part 3 - Daily Life
Chapter 13	-	Extreme Advice Considered Harmful
Chapter 14	-	Paradoxes of API Design
Chapter 15	-	Evolving the API Universe
Chapter 16	-	Teamwork
Chapter 17	-	Using Games to Improve API Design Skills
Chapter 18	-	Extensible Visitor Pattern Case Study
Chapter 19	-	End-of-Life Procedures
Epilogue—The Future
Bibliography