Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals. 13 Ed

About This eBook....2 Preface....13 To the Reader....13 A Tour of This Book....17 Conventions....21 Sample Code....22 Acknowledgments....24 1. An Introduction to Java....27 1.1. Java as a Programming Platform....27 1.2. The Java “White Paper” Buzzwords....29 1.3. Java Applets and the Internet....41 1.4. A Short History of Java....44 1.5. Common Misconceptions about Java....53 2. The Java Programming Environment....59 2.1. Installing the Java Development Kit....59 2.2. Using the Command-Line Tools....68 2.3. Using an Integrated Development Environment....78 2.4. JShell....86 3. Fundamental Programming Structures in Java....91 3.1. A Simple Java Program....91 3.2. Comments....101 3.3. Data Types....102 3.4. Variables and Constants....119 3.5. Operators....128 3.6. Strings....153 3.7. Input and Output....188 3.8. Control Flow....208 3.9. Big Numbers....248 3.10. Arrays....255 4. Objects and Classes....287 4.1. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming....287 4.2. Using Predefined Classes....299 4.3. Defining Your Own Classes....320 4.4. Static Fields and Methods....351 4.5. Method Parameters....367 4.6. Object Construction....381 4.7. Records....405 4.8. Packages....416 4.9. JAR Files....441 4.10. Documentation Comments....455 4.11. Class Design Hints....472 5. Inheritance....478 5.1. Classes, Superclasses, and Subclasses....478 5.2. Object: The Cosmic Superclass....527 5.3. Generic Array Lists....563 5.4. Object Wrappers and Autoboxing....580 5.5. Methods with a Variable Number of Arguments....590 5.6. Abstract Classes....593 5.7. Enumeration Classes....605 5.8. Sealed Classes....614 5.9. Pattern Matching....626 5.10. Reflection....642 5.11. Design Hints for Inheritance....699 6. Interfaces, Lambda Expressions, and Inner Classes....706 6.1. Interfaces....707 6.2. Lambda Expressions....763 6.3. Inner Classes....812 6.4. Service Loaders....848 6.5. Proxies....854 7. Exceptions, Assertions, and Logging....869 7.1. Dealing with Errors....870 7.2. Catching Exceptions....888 7.3. Tips for Using Exceptions....920 7.4. Using Assertions....928 7.5. Logging....940 7.6. Debugging Tips....972 8. Generic Programming....985 8.1. Why Generic Programming?....985 8.2. Defining a Simple Generic Class....991 8.3. Generic Methods....996 8.4. Bounds for Type Variables....999 8.5. Generic Code and the Virtual Machine....1004 8.6. Inheritance Rules for Generic Types....1017 8.7. Wildcard Types....1021 8.8. Restrictions and Limitations....1039 8.9. Reflection and Generics....1067 9. Collections....1089 9.1. The Java Collections Framework....1089 9.2. Interfaces in the Collections Framework....1111 9.3. Concrete Collections....1117 9.4. Maps....1165 9.5. Copies and Views....1195 9.6. Algorithms....1222 9.7. Legacy Collections....1249 10. Concurrency....1272 10.1. Running Threads....1273 10.2. Thread States....1283 10.3. Thread Properties....1289 10.4. Coordinating Tasks....1310 10.5. Synchronization....1348 10.6. Thread-Safe Collections....1413 10.7. Asynchronous Computations....1450 10.8. Processes....1486 11. Annotations....1504 11.1. Using Annotations....1505 11.2. Defining Annotations....1516 11.3. Annotations in the Java API....1523 11.4. Processing Annotations at Runtime....1534 11.5. Source-Level Annotation Processing....1542 11.6. Bytecode Engineering....1557 12. The Java Platform Module System....1575 12.1. The Module Concept....1576 12.2. Naming Modules....1579 12.3. The Modular “Hello, World!” Program....1581 12.4. Requiring Modules....1584 12.5. Exporting Packages....1588 12.6. Modular JARs....1597 12.7. Modules and Reflective Access....1601 12.8. Automatic Modules....1607 12.9. The Unnamed Module....1612 12.10. Command-Line Flags for Migration....1614 12.11. Transitive and Static Requirements....1617 12.12. Qualified Exporting and Opening....1621 12.13. Service Loading....1622 12.14. Tools for Working with Modules....1628 Appendix....1634