Core Java Volume 1: Fundamentals, 8th Edition

This revised edition of the classic Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, is the definitive guide to Java for serious programmers who want to put Java to work on real projects.

 

Fully updated for the new Java SE 6 platform, this no-nonsense tutorial and reliable reference illuminates the most important language and library features with thoroughly tested real-world examples. The example programs have been carefully crafted to be easy to understand as well as useful in practice, so you can rely on them as an outstanding starting point for your own code.

 

Volume I is designed to quickly bring you up to speed on what’s new in Java SE 6 and to help you make the transition as efficiently as possible, whether you’re upgrading from an earlier version of Java or migrating from another language. The authors concentrate on the fundamental concepts of the Java language, along with the basics of user-interface programming. You’ll find detailed, insightful coverage of 

• Java fundamentals
• Object-oriented programming
• Interfaces and inner classes
• Reflection and proxies
• The event listener model
• GUI programming with Swing
• Packaging applications
• Exception handling
• Logging and debugging
• Generic programming
• The collections framework
• Concurrency

For detailed coverage of XML processing, networking, databases, internationalization, security, advanced AWT/Swing, and other advanced features, look for the forthcoming eighth edition of Core Java™, Volume II—Advanced Features (ISBN: 978-0-13-235479-0).

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Cay S. Horstmann is also coauthor of Core JavaServer Faces, Second Edition (Prentice Hall, 2007). Cay is a professor of computer science at San Jose State University, a Java Champion, and a frequent speaker at computer industry conferences. Gary Cornell has been writing and teaching programming professionals for more than twenty years and is the cofounder of Apress. He has written numerous best-selling books for programming professionals, was a cofinalist for a Jolt Award, and won the Readers Choice award from Visual Basic Magazine.

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Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxv

 

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Java 1

Java As a Programming Platform 2

The Java “White Paper” Buzzwords 2

Java Applets and the Internet 7

A Short History of Java 9

Common Misconceptions about Java 11

 

Chapter 2: The Java Programming Environment 15

Installing the Java Development Kit 16

Choosing a Development Environment 21

Using the Command-Line Tools 22

Using an Integrated Development Environment 25

Running a Graphical Application 28

Building and Running Applets 31

 

Chapter 3: Fundamental Programming Structures in Java 35

A Simple Java Program 36

Comments 39

Data Types 40

Variables 44

Operators 46

Strings 53

Input and Output 63

Control Flow 71

Big Numbers 88

Arrays 90

 

Chapter 4: Objects and Classes 105

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 106

Using Predefined Classes 111

Defining Your Own Classes 122

Static Fields and Methods 132

Method Parameters 138

Object Construction 144

Packages 15

The Class Path 160

Documentation Comments 162

Class Design Hints 167

 

Chapter 5: Inheritance 171

Classes, Superclasses, and Subclasses 172

Object: The Cosmic Superclass 192

Generic Array Lists 204

Object Wrappers and Autoboxing 211

Methods with a Variable Number of Parameters 214

Enumeration Classes 215

Reflection 217

Design Hints for Inheritance 238

 

Chapter 6: Interfaces and Inner Classes 241

Interfaces 242

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