Thoroughly entertaining, totally accessible, and completely up-to-date sixth edition of a Java classic.
Peter van der Linden is one of the world’s foremost computer book authors. He’s been in the computer industry for more than twenty-five years, working for companies ranging from start-ups to Apple and Sun Microsystems. van der Linden is also author of The Official Handbook of Practical Jokes (NAL-Penguin, 1991).
Preface
Acknowledgments
Language
What Can Java Do for Me?
What Java Does for You: Software Portability
Why Portability Matters
Language and Libraries
One Size Doesn't Fit All
Some Light Relief-A Java Desktop Application
Introducing Objects
Downloading and Compiling Java
What Is a Class?
What Is an Object?
Java Digital Clock Program
Summary
Exercises
Some Light Relief-Napster and LimeWire
Primitive Types, Wrappers, and Boxing
Literal Values
Boolean
Char
Int
Long
Byte
Short
Limited Accuracy of Floating Point Types
Double
Float
Object Wrappers for Primitives
Autoboxing and Unboxing
Performance Implications of Autoboxing
Java.lang.Object
Java.lang.String
Language Support for String Concatenation
String Comparison
Some Light Relief-Hatless Atlas
Statements and Comments
Organizing Statements
Expression Statements
Selection Statements
Looping Statements
Transfer of Control Statements
Comments
Reading the Java API
Exercises
Some Light Relief-MiniScribe: The Hard Luck Hard Disk
Oop
Constructors and Visibility
Polymorphism Is a Long Word for a Short Topic
Creating New Objects: Constructors
More About Methods
Variable-Arity Methods
Packages
How the jdk Finds Classes
Access Modifiers
Exercises
Some Light Relief-It's Not Your Father's IBM
Static, Final, and Enumerated Types
What Field Modifier static Means
What Field Modifi
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