Java 7 Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition: Instant Help for Java Programmers

215 Pages·2013·87.37 MB·English

by  Robert Liguori, Patricia Liguori

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SECOND EDITION
Java 7 Pocket Guide
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Java 7 Pocket Guide, Second Edition
by Robert Liguori and Patricia Liguori
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Table of Contents
Preface xi
Part I. Language
Chapter 1: Naming Conventions 3
Class Names 3
Interface Names 3
Method Names 4
Instance and Static Variable Names 4
Parameter and Local Variable Names 4
Generic Type Parameter Names 4
Constant Names 5
Enumeration Names 5
Package Names 5
Acronyms 6
Chapter 2: Lexical Elements 7
Unicode and ASCII 7
Comments 9
Keywords 10
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Identifiers 11
Separators 12
Operators 12
Literals 13
Escape Sequences 16
Unicode Currency Symbols 17
Chapter 3: Fundamental Types 19
Primitive Types 19
Literals for Primitive Types 20
Floating-Point Entities 21
Numeric Promotion of Primitive Types 24
Wrapper Classes 25
Autoboxing and Unboxing 26
Chapter 4: Reference Types 29
Comparing Reference Types to Primitive Types 30
Default Values 30
Conversion of Reference Types 32
Converting Between Primitives and Reference Types 33
Passing Reference Types into Methods 33
Comparing Reference Types 35
Copying Reference Types 38
Memory Allocation and Garbage Collection of
Reference Types 39
Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming 41
Classes and Objects 41
Variable-Length Argument Lists 47
Abstract Classes and Abstract Methods 49
Static Data Members, Static Methods, Static Constants, and
Static Initializers 50
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Interfaces 51
Enumerations 52
Annotation Types 53
Chapter 6: Statements and Blocks 55
Expression Statements 55
Empty Statement 56
Blocks 56
Conditional Statements 56
Iteration Statements 58
Transfer of Control 60
Synchronized Statement 62
Assert Statement 62
Exception Handling Statements 63
Chapter 7: Exception Handling 65
The Exception Hierarchy 65
Checked/Unchecked Exceptions and Errors 66
Common Checked/Unchecked Exceptions and Errors 67
Exception Handling Keywords 69
The Exception Handling Process 74
Defining Your Own Exception Class 75
Printing Information About Exceptions 75
Chapter 8: Java Modifiers 79
Access Modifiers 80
Other (Nonaccess) Modifiers 81
Part II. Platform
Chapter 9: Java Platform, SE 85
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Common Java SE API Libraries 86
Chapter 10: Development Basics 99
Java Runtime Environment 99
Java Development Kit 99
Java Program Structure 100
Command-Line Tools 102
Classpath 109
Chapter 11: Memory Management 111
Garbage Collectors 111
Memory Management Tools 113
Command-Line Options 114
Resizing the JVM Heap 117
Interfacing with the GC 117
Chapter 12: Basic Input and Output 119
Standard Streams in, out, and err 119
Class Hierarchy for Basic Input and Output 120
File Reading and Writing 121
Socket Reading and Writing 123
Serialization 124
Zipping and Unzipping Files 126
File and Directory Handling 127
Chapter 13: NIO 2.0 Quicklook 129
The Path Interface 129
The Files Class 130
Additional Features 131
Chapter 14: Concurrency 133
Creating Threads 133
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