As a professional trainer of occupational retraining programs in Software Engineering the available university level texts ususally breal down into the "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Frightened To Death To ask" with their overwhelming amount of details; or the "We Understand The Principles, So Who Needs To Know The Details". Barry Cornelius's work is a refreshing break from both venues, but not without meeting the needs of both the "Hands On" how-do-you do it practioners as well as the "help-me-understand-the-concept" theorists.
If for no other reason than to hear Barry's very powerful ideas on the role of interfaces in Java software development, it is worth purchasing and reading the book. I promise you you won't regret it.
Yoel Ben-Avraham
Lecturer, Software Engineering