The best-selling guide for serious Java 2 programmers - fullyupdated for J2SE 1.4! In Core Java 2, Volume 1, Sixth Edition, Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell update the world's #1 guide for serious Java programmers to reflect Sun's newest SDK 1.4 enhancements. Coverage includes regular expressions, high-performance "New I/O," assertions, Preferences, Swing enhancements, and much more - including a state-of-the-art discussion of object-oriented Java development. Best of all, this new Sixth Edition delivers even more of the robust, real-world programs previous editions are famous for!
CAY HORSTMANN teaches computer science at San Jose State University. He has written six books on C++, Java, and object-oriented development and is the series editor for Prentice Hall PTR's best-selling Core Series.
GARY CORNELL has written or co-written over 20 popular computer books. He has a Ph.D. from Brown University and has been a visiting scientist at IBM Watson Labs as well as a professor at the University of Connecticut.