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THE JavaTM Programming Language, Fourth Edition By Ken Arnold, James Gosling, David Holmes ............................................... Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Pub Date: August 17, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-34980-6 Pages: 928

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Direct from the creators of the JavaTM programming language, the completely revised fourth edition of The JavaTM Programming Language is an indispensable resource for novice and advanced programmers alike.

Developers around the world have used previous editions to quickly gain a deep understanding of the Java programming language, its design goals, and how to use it most effectively in real-world development. Now, Ken Arnold, James Gosling, and David Holmes have updated this classic to reflect the major enhancements in JavaTM 2 Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SETM 5.0).

The authors systematically cover most classes in Java's main packages, java.lang.*, java.util, and java.io, presenting in-depth explanations of why these classes work as they do, with informative examples. Several new chapters and major sections have been added, and every chapter has been updated to reflect today's best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Java software.

Key changes in this edition include

? New chapters on generics, enums, and annotations, the most powerful new language features introduced in J2SE 5.0

? Changes to classes and methods throughout to reflect the addition of generics ? Major new sections on assertions and regular expressions ? Coverage of all the new language features, from autoboxing and variable argument methods to the

enhanced for-loop and covariant return types ? Coverage of key new classes, such as Formatter and Scanner

The JavaTM Programming Language, Fourth Edition, is the definitive tutorial introduction to the Java language and essential libraries and an indispensable reference for all programmers, including those with extensive experience. It brings together insights you can only get from the creators of Java: insights that will help you write software of exceptional quality.

THE JavaTM Programming Language, Fourth Edition By Ken Arnold, James Gosling, David Holmes ............................................... Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional Pub Date: August 17, 2005 ISBN: 0-321-34980-6 Pages: 928

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The JavaTM Series Preface

About This Book Examples and Documentation Acknowledgments (Fourth Edition) Acknowledgments (Third Edition) Acknowledgments (Second Edition) Acknowledgments (First Edition)

Chapter 1. A Quick Tour

Section 1.1. Getting Started Section 1.2. Variables Section 1.3. Comments in Code Section 1.4. Named Constants Section 1.5. Unicode Characters Section 1.6. Flow of Control Section 1.7.

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Classes and Objects Section 1.8. Methods and Parameters Section 1.9. Arrays Section 1.10. String Objects Section 1.11. Extending a Class Section 1.12. Interfaces Section 1.13. Generic Types Section 1.14. Exceptions Section 1.15. Annotations Section 1.16. Packages Section 1.17. The Java Platform Section 1.18. Other Topics Briefly Noted

Chapter 2. Classes and Objects

Section 2.1.

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A Simple Class Section 2.2. Fields Section 2.3. Access Control Section 2.4. Creating Objects Section 2.5. Construction and Initialization Section 2.6. Methods Section 2.7. this Section 2.8. Overloading Methods Section 2.9. Importing Static Member Names Section 2.10. The main Method Section 2.11. Native Methods

Chapter 3. Extending Classes

Section 3.1. An Extended Class Section

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3.2. Constructors in Extended Classes Section 3.3. Inheriting and Redefining Members Section 3.4. Type Compatibility and Conversion Section 3.5. What protected Really Means Section 3.6. Marking Methods and Classes final Section 3.7. Abstract Classes and Methods Section 3.8. The Object Class Section 3.9. Cloning Objects Section 3.10. Extending Classes: How and When Section 3.11.

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