3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not Worth It, Nov 19 2001
By Ata Rabiee "Alex" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Java Class Libraries Poster: Covering the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, V1.3 (Poster)
This product did NOT satisfy my expectations. I ended up returning it. Granted it's only $..., I don't think it's worth the money you pay for it.
I ordered this poster hoping it would resemble the one shown in the tiny product picture. It didn't however look anything like that. It wasted a lot of empty space on the poster, where they could have printed more detailed information on the classes illustrated. Java Report (online magazine) has a nice interactive poster that is better than this one. I'd advise anyone wanting this to print out some pages from that site, or create a poster that looks like what you need - with the classes and necessary methods. This poster only depicts the classes and has very little other useful information.
Good Luck!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Cute but worthless, Mar 5 2002
By Hedin Meitil - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Java Class Libraries Poster: Covering the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, V1.3 (Poster)
When I saw this poster on Amazon, I got this must-have feeling: "What a great idea". I ordered it for my company and we put on a wall close to the programmers and everybody said "Woaw". But after that noone (literally!) looked at it. So the bottom line is: Cute but worthless.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
It will look nice in your cubicle!, Jan 17 2002
By Thomas Paul - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Java Class Libraries Poster: Covering the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, V1.3 (Poster)
These posters (this one and the J2EE one) contain a list of each Java package contained within either the J2SE or the J2EE. The J2SE poster contain 58 of the 70 packages in the Standard Edition while the J2EE poster contains all the packages within the Enterprise Edition. Between the two posters, almost 80 packages and well over 2,000 classes are displayed. The posters show each package and the classes and interfaces making up the package along with their hierarchical relationship to each other and to other classes in other packages. Classes from other packages are coded to show their "home" package. Abstract and final classes are indicated. Posters containing a list of all the classes in the J2SE or the J2EE are useful at times and may save hunting down a class in the API to determine if, for example, JarOutputStream inherits from DeflaterOutputStream or not. But that isn't the real reason you want these posters, and you know you want them! You want these posters on your wall because they look so cool. Just think how jealous your co-workers will be when they see them hanging in your office or cubicle. Think how impressed your boss will be when she realizes how much there is to know about Java. And when you're stuck on a problem and leaning back looking for inspiration you can stare at these posters and no one will think you're daydreaming.