Java: The Complete Reference - Softcover

Herb Schildt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259002462 ISBN 13: 9781259002465

Publisher: Mc Graw Hill India, 2012

Synopsis

In Java: The Complete Reference, Eighth Edition, bestselling programming author Herb Schildt shows you everything you need to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7), this comprehensive volume covers the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles. You ll also find information on key elements of the Java API library. JavaBeans, servlets, applets, and Swing are examined and real-world examples demonstrate Java in action. In addition, new Java SE 7 features such as try-with-resources, strings in switch, type inference with the diamond operator, NIO.2, and the Fork/Join Framework are discussed in detail.

Coverage includes:

Data types and operators
Control statements
Classes and objects
Constructors and methods
Method overloading and overriding
Interfaces and packages
Inheritance
Exception handling
Generics
Much, much more

Table of Contents
Part I The Java Language

1 The History and Evolution of Java
2 An Overview of Java
3 Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
4 Operators
5 Control Statements
6 Introducing Classes
7 A Closer Look at Methods and Classes
8 Inheritance
9 Packages and Interfaces
10 Exception Handling
11 Multithreaded Programming
12 Enumerations, Autoboxing, and Annotations (Metadata)
13 I/O, Applets, and Other Topics
14 Generics

Part II The Java Library

15 String Handling
16 Exploring java.lang
17 java.util Part 1: The Collections Framework
18 java.util Part 2: More Utility Classes
19 Input/Output: Exploring java.io
20 Exploring NIO
21 Networking
22 The Applet Class
23 Event Handling
24 Introducing the AWT: Working with Windows, Graphics, and Text
25 Using AWT Controls, Layout Managers, and Menus
26 Images
27 The Concurrency Utilities
28 Regular Expressions and Other Packages

Part III Software Development Using Java

29 Java Beans
30 Introducing Swing
31 Exploring Swing
32 Servlets

Part IV Applying Java

33 Financial Applets and Servlets
34 Creating a Download Manager in Java
Appendix Using Java s Documentation Comments

About this title

About the Author

Herb Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is the world s leading programming author, with more than 3.5 million books sold worldwide. His acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mc Graw Hill India
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1259002462
• ISBN 13: 9781259002465
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1152