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Title: Good quick reference weak on explanation
Review: This book is more analogous to O'Reilly's *nix in a Nutshell series than to their Java in a Nutshell series. It is a very quick ready reference to the notation with some minimal explanatory material. It is only useful to practitioners. Beginners should read Fowler first, but this will then flesh out the detail Fowler misses. Alternatively get the OMG guide in PDF, it covers the same ground but in less usable electronic form.
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