Design Techniques for Java

Bill Venners(Artima) has written an exclusive set of article to teach you how to design java programs.
The articles start from the introduction to design techniques and then takes you to a journey of various "designing with" concepts.

List of Articles

Introduction to "Design Techniques"
Object Initialization in Java
Designing Object Initialization
Designing Fields and Methods
What's a Method To Do?
Object Finalization and Cleanup
The Hotspot Virtual Machine
Exceptions in Java
Designing with Exceptions
Designing for Thread Safety
The Event Generator Idiom
The Canonical Object Idiom
Inheritance versus Composition
Designing with Interfaces
Designing with Dynamic Extension
Designing with Runtime Class Information
Designing with Static Members
Farewell to 'Design Techniques'

A definite MUST for all senior java developers seeking a place in the design and low level architecture.

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