The Java Tutorial Fourth Edition: A Short Course on the Basics

Chapter 1. Getting Started The Java Technology PhenomenonThe quot;Hello World!quot; ApplicationA Closer Look at the quot;Hello World!quot; ApplicationCommon Problems (and Their Solutions)Questions and Exercises:...

Chapter 2. Object-Oriented Programming Concepts IF you've never used an object-oriented programming language before, you'll need to learn a few basic concepts before you can begin writing any code. This chapter will i...

Chapter 3. Language Basics VariablesOperatorsExpressions, Statements, and BlocksControl Flow Statements...

Chapter 4. Classes and Objects WITH the knowledge you now have of the basics of the Java programming language, you can learn to write your own classes. In this chapter, you will find information about defining your ow...

Chapter 5. Interfaces and Inheritance YOU saw an example of implementing an interface in the previous chapter. You can read more about interfaces herewhat they are for, why you might want to write one, and how to writ...

Chapter 6. Generics Generic TypesGeneric Methods and ConstructorsBounded Type ParametersSubtypingWildcardsType ErasureSummary of GenericsQuestions and Exercises: Generics The CHM file w...

Chapter 7. Packages THIS chapter explains how to bundle classes and interfaces into packages, how to use classes that are in packages, and how to arrange your file system so that the compiler can find your source file...

Chapter 8. Numbers and Strings NumbersCharactersStrings...

Chapter 9. Exceptions THE Java programming language uses exceptions to handle errors and other exceptional events. This chapter describes when and how to use exceptions. The CHM file wa...

Chapter 10. Basic I/O THIS chapter covers the Java platform classes used for basic I/O. It focuses primarily on I/O streams, a powerful concept that greatly simplifies I/O operations. The chapter also looks at serializa...

Chapter 11. Collections THIS chapter describes the Java Collections Framework. Here you will learn what collections are and how they can make your job easier and programs better. You'll learn about the core elementsinte...

Chapter 12. Concurrency COMPUTER users take it for granted that their systems can do more than one thing at a time. They assume that they can continue to work in a word processor, while other applications download fil...

Chapter 13. Regular Expressions THIS chapter explains how to use the java.util.regex API[1] for pattern matching with regular expressions. Although the syntax accepted by this package is similar to the Perl programming...

Chapter 14. The Platform Environment AN application runs in a platform environment, defined by the underlying operating system, the Java virtual machine, the class libraries, and various configuration data supplied wh...

Chapter 15. Swing HOW do you write a program in the Java programming language with a graphical user interface? The short answer is the Swing toolkit! This chapter gives you a brief overview of the graphical capabiliti...

Chapter 16. Packaging Programs in JAR Files THIS chapter and the two following chapters discuss deploying your Java applications and applets. Java versions 1.4.2, 1.5.0, and 1.6.0 bundle two deployment technologies:...

Chapter 17. Java Web Start JAVA Web Start provides the power to launch full-featured applications with a single click. Users can download and launch applications, such as a complete spreadsheet program or an Internet ch...

Chapter 18. Applets THIS chapter talks about the basics of applets, advantages of applets over applications, how to load applets in a Web page, how to convert applications to applets, and how applets work. An applet...