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Sybex OCA Java 8 Study Guide:Chapter 3 mock explanation #23 Errata?

 
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Line 4 creates a fixed size array of size 4.


Should be?

Line 4 creates a fixed size list of size 4.


 
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A Cool Trick with Varargs This topic isn't on the exam


Should be?

This topic is (subtle) on the exam

(please see original topic post)
 
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page 137 ...This topic is (subtle) on the exam?
 
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Neither of those are errata. For the array/list, it creates a list that is backed by an array. So both are correct . We could have made this clearer.

For the "A Cool Trick with Varargs" box, "isn't on the exam" is what we intended to say so it is correct. The Arrays.asList method is on the exam when you pass in an array. The exam doesn't ask about when you pass in elements and take advantage of varargs. And I do understand why that is. The reason they test Arrays.asList() is to test if you know about the relationship between the original array and the created List.

We mention it because:
1) We want to use the varargs version of the method in the book because it makes examples easier to read/write.
2) It is useful in real life code.

Thanks for asking though.
 
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Jeanne,
It's your quite excellent book, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on both being correct since it is backed.    

I will not point out, no I won't do that, that in your own reply to this post, your words "it creates a list ..." and also I'm going to pivot into my next real question with this api doc:


@SafeVarargs
public static <T> List<T> asList(T... a)
Returns a fixed-size list backed by the specified array. (Changes to the returned list "write through" to the array.) This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs, in combination with Collection.toArray(). The returned list is serializable and implements RandomAccess.
This method also provides a convenient way to create a fixed-size list initialized to contain several elements:

    List<String> stooges = Arrays.asList("Larry", "Moe", "Curly");

Type Parameters:
T - the class of the objects in the array
Parameters:
a - the array by which the list will be backed
Returns:
a list view of the specified array



I'm just trying to get clear in my mind on the "This topic isn't on the exam" section.  Thus, my real questions:
There is only the above (un-overloaded, definitely not a real word, "version of the") varrargs method? "A Cool Trick with Varrargs" exemplifies "when you pass in elements and take advantage of varargs", along with Mock questions 23 and 25 (prompting my original "isn't" errata question, but I guess 23 and 25 are used to make it "easier to read/write")? Mock question 24 uses the array and is more like the combination of asList(varrags) - array that will really appear on the exam?  This is helpful to me because I'd like to get better timing and only focus on what needs to be focused on ... when I saw the options "the code doesn't compile" for 23 and 25 ... that didn't help my time much.

Thanks again Jeanne!

 
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True. I meant they don't use the var-args capability and just pass in an array.

Yes, #23 and #25 are for our convenience and #24 is how you should expect to be tricked.
 
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I get it now.  Thanks Jeanne.
 
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