Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered Java "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (the classes, methods, and interfaces) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your Java programming appetite!

Topics include:

String Handling
Regular Expressions
File Handling
Applets
Servlets
Swing
The Collections Framework
Multithreading
Formatting Data

Learn how to:

Find substrings that match a regular expression
Use regular expressions to tokenize a string
Compress and decompress data files
Create a ZIP file
Format time and date
Use printf( ) to display formatted data
Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a list
Use a Comparator with a collection
Create a simple Swing application
Create a Swing-based applet
Create a simple servlet
Use a cookie with a servlet
Synchronize threads
Monitor a thread's state
Set and obtain a thread's priority
Use JScrollPane to automate scrolling
Access a resource using HttpURLConnection
Schedule a task for future execution
Use reflection to dynamically create an object and call methods
Much, much more

About the Author

Herb Schildt is a leading authority on Java, C, C++, and C#, and is a master Windows programmer. Herb's programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous bestsellers on Java, including Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, and Swing: A Beginner's Guide.

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