The Java? Class Libraries, Volume 1: Supplement for the Java? 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v1.2 (Java Series) - Softcover

Chan, Patrick; Lee, Rosanna; Kramer, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201485524 ISBN 13: 9780201485523

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1999

Synopsis

JDK 1.2 companion book to The Java Class Libraries, Second Edition, Volume 1 making Volume 1 now JDK 1.2 complete.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick Chan is an original member of the team that created the Java language. He is also a coauthor of the Java Class Libraries books and is the chief architect at Composite Software.

Rosanna Lee is a former Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc.,where she led the design and development of the JNDI technology and theX/Open Federated Naming (XFN). She is also coauthor of the Java Class Libraries books and posters in the Java Series.

Doug Kramer is a lead writer for the Java Development Kit and Senior Technical Writer at JavaSoft, Sun Microsystems, Inc. He previously worked at Kaleida Labs and Macromind, documenting multimedia technology and designing graphical user interfaces.

From the Back Cover

Continuing the successful format of The Java Class Libraries, the supplement contains descriptions of the new pacakges and classes introduced in the Javao 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.2. It also provides details on how the classes and methods have changed from JDKo 1.1. Together, this supplement and The Java Class Libraries, Second Edition, Volume 1, provide a complete reference to the following packages: java.io, java.lang, java.lang.ref, java.lang.reflect, java.math, java.net, java.text, java.util, java.util.jar, and java.util.zip.

The extensive class and member descriptions contain details crucial for developing robust and professional applets and applications. Each description is supplemented by an example that demonstrates the class or member in a relevant context. Numerous examples facilitate learning-by-example and provide useful code for your projects. The information is presented in an easy-to-use, dictionary-like format. Each class description includes:

• a class hierarchy diagram showing its connection to related classes
• a detailed overview describing its purpose and key concepts
• a convenient member summary that briefly describes each member and arranges the members into related groups
• an example demonstrating the class in a "real-world" context
• comprehensive descriptions and an example for each member

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0201485524
• ISBN 13: 9780201485523
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1200