The Java Tutorial: A Short Course On The Basics A Short Course On The Basics

Contents......Page 2 Preface......Page 9 Who Should Read This Book?......Page 11 How to Use This Book......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 About the Authors......Page 15 The Java Technology Phenomenon......Page 17 What Can Java Technology Do?......Page 20 How Will Java Technology Change My Life?......Page 21 The “Hello World!” Application......Page 22 “Hello World!” for the NetBeans IDE......Page 23 “Hello World!” for Microsoft Windows......Page 37 “Hello World!” for Solaris OS and Linux......Page 44 A Closer Look at the “Hello World!” Application......Page 51 Common Problems (and Their Solutions)......Page 56 Questions and Exercises: Getting Started......Page 63 Chapter 1 Notes......Page 64 Chapter 2. Object-Oriented Programming Concepts......Page 66 What Is an Object?......Page 67 What Is a Class?......Page 70 What Is Inheritance?......Page 73 What Is an Interface?......Page 75 What Is a Package?......Page 78 Questions and Exercises: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts......Page 79 Variables......Page 81 Operators......Page 106 Expressions, Statements, and Blocks......Page 124 Control Flow Statements......Page 129 Chapter 3 Notes......Page 159 Classes......Page 161 Objects......Page 183 More on Classes......Page 196 Nested Classes......Page 221 Enum Types......Page 286 Chapter 4 Notes......Page 294 Annotations Basics......Page 296 Declaring an Annotation Type......Page 299 Predefined Annotation Types......Page 302 Type Annotations and Pluggable Type Systems......Page 306 Repeating Annotations......Page 308 Questions and Exercises: Annotations......Page 311 Chapter 5 Notes......Page 312 Interfaces......Page 314 Inheritance......Page 349 Chapter 6 Notes......Page 389 Why Use Generics?......Page 392 Generic Types......Page 393 Generic Methods......Page 402 Bounded Type Parameters......Page 405 Generics, Inheritance, and Subtypes......Page 410 Type Inference......Page 413 Wildcards......Page 420 Type Erasure......Page 436 Restrictions on Generics......Page 451 Questions and Exercises: Generics......Page 458 Chapter 7 Notes......Page 461 Creating and Using Packages......Page 462 Questions and Exercises: Creating and Using Packages......Page 479 Numbers......Page 481 Characters......Page 507 Strings......Page 510 Chapter 9 Notes......Page 540 What Is an Exception?......Page 542 The Catch or Specify Requirement......Page 544 Catching and Handling Exceptions......Page 546 Specifying the Exceptions Thrown by a Method......Page 567 How to Throw Exceptions......Page 568 Unchecked Exceptions—The Controversy......Page 577 Advantages of Exceptions......Page 578 Summary......Page 588 Questions and Exercises: Exceptions......Page 589 Chapter 10 Notes......Page 591 I/O Streams......Page 592 File I/O (Featuring NIO.2)......Page 625 Summary......Page 722 Questions and Exercises: Basic I/O......Page 723 Chapter 11 Notes......Page 724 Chapter 12. Collections......Page 738 Introduction to Collections......Page 739 Interfaces......Page 741 Aggregate Operations......Page 818 Implementations......Page 848 Algorithms......Page 869 Custom Collection Implementations......Page 876 Interoperability......Page 882 Chapter 12 Notes......Page 888 Processes and Threads......Page 898 Thread Objects......Page 900 Synchronization......Page 911 Liveness......Page 922 Guarded Blocks......Page 926 Immutable Objects......Page 934 High Level Concurrency Objects......Page 941 Questions and Exercises: Concurrency......Page 961 Chapter 13 Notes......Page 962 Chapter 14. Regular Expressions......Page 965 Introduction......Page 966 Test Harness......Page 967 String Literals......Page 969 Character Classes......Page 972 Predefined Character Classes......Page 981 Quantifiers......Page 985 Capturing Groups......Page 996 Boundary Matchers......Page 999 Methods of the Pattern Class......Page 1002 Methods of the Matcher Class......Page 1011 Methods of the PatternSyntaxException Class......Page 1021 Unicode Support......Page 1025 Additional Resources......Page 1026 Questions and Exercises: Regular Expressions......Page 1027 Chapter 14 Notes......Page 1028 Configuration Utilities......Page 1031 System Utilities......Page 1043 PATH and CLASSPATH......Page 1052 Questions and Exercises: The Platform Environment......Page 1059 Chapter 15 Notes......Page 1060 Chapter 16. Packaging Programs in JAR Files......Page 1062 Using JAR Files: The Basics......Page 1063 Working with Manifest Files: The Basics......Page 1081 Signing and Verifying JAR Files......Page 1095 Using JAR-Related APIs......Page 1104 Chapter 16 Notes......Page 1114 Chapter 17. Java Web Start......Page 1117 Developing a Java Web Start Application......Page 1118 Deploying a Java Web Start Application......Page 1123 Displaying a Customized Loading Progress Indicator......Page 1128 Running a Java Web Start Application......Page 1136 Java Web Start and Security......Page 1137 Common Java Web Start Problems......Page 1139 Questions and Exercises: Java Web Start......Page 1140 Chapter 17 Notes......Page 1141 Getting Started with Applets......Page 1143 Doing More with Applets......Page 1163 Solving Common Applet Problems......Page 1219 Questions and Exercises: Applets......Page 1221 Chapter 18 Notes......Page 1222 Setting Trusted Arguments and Secure Properties......Page 1226 JNLP API......Page 1231 Cookies......Page 1240 Customizing the Loading Experience......Page 1244 Security in Rich Internet Applications......Page 1245 Guidelines for Securing Rich Internet Applications......Page 1247 Questions and Exercises: Doing More with Rich Internet Applications......Page 1250 Chapter 19 Notes......Page 1251 User Acceptance of RIAs......Page 1254 Deployment Toolkit......Page 1256 Java Network Launch Protocol......Page 1269 Deployment Best Practices......Page 1282 Questions and Exercises: Deployment In Depth......Page 1290 Chapter 20 Notes......Page 1291 Chapter 21. Introduction to JavaFX......Page 1292 Programmer Level I Exam......Page 1294 Java SE 8 Upgrade Exam......Page 1300 Appendix. Notes......Page 1305 The Java® Tutorial, 6th Edition, is based on the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 8. This revised and updated edition introduces the new features added to the platform, including lambda expressions, default methods, aggregate operations, and more. An accessible and practical guide for programmers of any level, this book focuses on how to use the rich environment provided by Java to build applications, applets, and components. Expanded coverage includes a chapter on the Date-Time API and a new chapter on annotations, with sections on type annotations and pluggable type systems as well as repeating annotations. In addition, the updated sections "Security in Rich Internet Applications" and "Guidelines for Securing Rich Internet Applications" address key security topics. The latest deployment best practices are described in the chapter "Deployment in Depth." If you plan to take one of the Java SE 8 certification exams, this book can help. A special appendix, "Preparing for Java Programming Language Certification," details the items covered on the available exams. Check online for updates. All of the material has been thoroughly reviewed by members of Oracle Java engineering to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date. This book is based on the online tutorial hosted on Oracle Corporation's website at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial