Java: The Complete Reference, Ninth Edition

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McGraw-Hill Education, Apr 1, 2014 - Computers - 1312 pages
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Fully updated for Java SE 8, Java: The Complete Reference, Ninth Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt covers the entire Javalanguage, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles, as well as significant portions of the Java API library. JavaBeans, servlets, applets, and Swing are examined and real-world examples demonstrate Java in action. New Java SE 8 features such as lambda expressions, the stream library, and the default interface method are discussed in detail. This Oracle Press resource also offers a solid introduction to JavaFX.

Coverage includes:

  • Data types, variables, arrays, and operators
  • Control statements
  • Classes, objects, and methods
  • Method overloading and overriding
  • Inheritance
  • Interfaces and packages
  • Exception handling
  • Multithreaded programming
  • Enumerations, autoboxing, and annotations
  • The I/O classes
  • Generics
  • Lambda expressions
  • String handling
  • The Collections Framework
  • Networking
  • Event handling
  • AWT and Swing
  • The Concurrent API
  • The Stream API
  • Regular expressions
  • JavaFX
  • JavaBeans
  • Applets and servlets
  • Much, much more

About the author (2014)

Herbert Schildt is the world’s leading programming author and a top authority on Java, C++, and C#. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Herb’s acclaimed books include Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, C++: The Complete Reference and C#: The Complete Reference.

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