Java phrasebook : essential code and commands

Essential Code and Commands Java Phrasebook gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects in Java. Concise and Accessible Easy to carry and easy to use–lets you ditch all those bulky books for one portable guide Flexible and Functional Packed with more than 100 customizable code snippets–so you can readily code functional Java in just about any situation Timothy Fisher has been working professionally in the Java software development field since 1997 and is currently a consultant for the Compuware Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. He enjoys writing about technology and has been a contributor to Java Developer’s Journal and XML Journal. Tim is also passionate about education and the use of advanced Internet technologies for education. Programming / Java $16.99 USA / $20.99 CAN / £11.99 Net UK Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 4 Introduction......Page 14 1 The Basics......Page 18 Compiling a Java Program......Page 20 Setting the Classpath......Page 21 2 Interacting with the Environment......Page 24 Getting Environment Variables......Page 25 Setting and Getting System Properties......Page 26 Parsing Command-Line Arguments......Page 27 3 Manipulating Strings......Page 30 Comparing Strings......Page 31 Searching For and Retrieving Substrings......Page 34 Processing a String One Character at a Time......Page 35 Reversing a String by Word......Page 36 Trimming Spaces from the Beginning or End of a String......Page 38 Parsing a Comma-Separated String......Page 39 4 Working with Data Structures......Page 42 Resizing an Array......Page 43 Iterating Over a Collection......Page 44 Creating a Mapped Collection......Page 45 Sorting a Collection......Page 47 Finding an Object in a Collection......Page 49 Converting a Collection to an Array......Page 51 5 Dates and Times......Page 52 Converting Between Date and Calendar Objects......Page 53 Printing Date/Time in a Given Format......Page 54 Parsing Strings into Dates......Page 57 Adding to or Subtracting from a Date or Calendar......Page 58 Calculating the Difference Between Two Dates......Page 59 Comparing Dates......Page 60 Finding the Day of Week/Month/Year or Week Number......Page 61 Calculating Elapsed Time......Page 62 6 Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions......Page 64 Regular Expressions in Java......Page 65 Finding Matching Text Using a Regular Expression......Page 67 Replacing Matched Text......Page 69 Finding All Occurrences of a Pattern......Page 71 Printing Lines Containing a Pattern......Page 72 Matching Newlines in Text......Page 73 7 Numbers......Page 76 Checking Whether a String Is a Valid Number......Page 77 Comparing Floating Point Numbers......Page 78 Rounding Floating Point Numbers......Page 79 Formatting Numbers......Page 80 Formatting Currencies......Page 82 Generating Random Numbers......Page 83 Calculating Trigonometric Functions......Page 84 Calculating a Logarithm......Page 85 8 Input and Output......Page 86 Writing to Standard Output......Page 87 Formatting Output......Page 88 Opening a File by Name......Page 93 Reading Binary Data......Page 94 Seeking in a File......Page 95 Reading a JAR or Zip Archive......Page 96 Creating a Zip Archive......Page 97 9 Working with Directories and Files......Page 100 Creating a File......Page 101 Renaming a File or Directory......Page 102 Deleting a File or Directory......Page 103 Getting the Size of a File......Page 104 Determining if a File or Directory Exists......Page 105 Moving a File or Directory......Page 106 Getting an Absolute Filename Path from a Relative Filename Path......Page 107 Determining if a Filename Path is a File or Directory......Page 108 Listing a Directory......Page 109 Creating a New Directory......Page 112 10 Network Clients......Page 114 Finding IP Addresses and Domain Names......Page 115 Handling Network Errors......Page 116 Reading Text......Page 118 Reading Binary Data......Page 119 Writing Binary Data......Page 121 Reading Serialized Data......Page 122 Writing Serialized Data......Page 123 Reading a Web Page via HTTP......Page 124 Creating a Server and Accepting a Request......Page 128 Returning a Response......Page 130 Returning an Object......Page 131 Handling Multiple Clients......Page 132 Serving HTTP Content......Page 135 12 Sending and Receiving Email......Page 138 Sending Email......Page 139 Sending MIME Email......Page 141 Reading Email......Page 144 13 Database Access......Page 148 Connecting to a Database via JDBC......Page 149 Sending a Query via JDBC......Page 151 Using a Prepared Statement......Page 152 Retrieving Results of a Query......Page 154 Using a Stored Procedure......Page 155 14 Using XML......Page 158 Parsing XML with SAX......Page 160 Parsing XML with DOM......Page 162 Using a DTD to Verify an XML Document......Page 164 Creating an XML Document with DOM......Page 166 Transforming XML with XSLT......Page 168 15 Using Threads......Page 170 Starting a Thread......Page 171 Stopping a Thread......Page 173 Waiting For a Thread to Complete......Page 174 Synchronizing Threads......Page 175 Pausing a Thread......Page 179 Listing All Threads......Page 180 16 Dynamic Programming Through Reflection......Page 184 Getting a Class Object......Page 185 Getting a Class Name......Page 186 Discovering Class Modifiers......Page 187 Finding Superclasses......Page 188 Determining the Interfaces Implemented by a Class......Page 189 Discovering Class Fields......Page 190 Discovering Class Constructors......Page 191 Discovering Method Information......Page 193 Getting Field Values......Page 195 Setting Field Values......Page 196 Invoking Methods......Page 197 Loading and Instantiating a Class Dynamically......Page 199 17 Packaging and Documenting Classes......Page 202 Creating a Package......Page 203 Documenting Classes with JavaDoc......Page 205 Archiving Classes with Jar......Page 207 Running a Program from a JAR File......Page 209 C......Page 210 D......Page 212 F......Page 213 G......Page 214 J-K......Page 215 M......Page 216 N......Page 218 Q-R......Page 219 S......Page 221 U-V......Page 223 Y-Z......Page 224 Aims to give you the code phrases you need to complete your programming projects in Java. This book contains more than 100 customizable code snippets which help you code functional Java.