Getting Started with
Google Guava
Write better, more efcient Java, and have fun doing so!
Bill Bejeck
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Getting Started with Google Guava
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About the Author
Bill Bejeck is a senior software engineer with 10 years experience across a wide
range of projects. Currently he is working on the storage and analysis of nancial
data using Hadoop. He has a B.A in Economics from the University of Maryland
and an M.S in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. Bill also enjoys
blogging at http://codingjunkie.net.
I would like to thank my wife Beth for her support, encouragement,
and patience, making my work on this book possible (not to mention
making life easy for me overall!), and my children Allison, Emily,
and Brady for their unconditional love and support, and the joy they
bring to my life every day.
