The Java™ Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 2: Examples and Quick Reference (Java Series) - Softcover

Chan, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201768100 ISBN 13: 9780201768107

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2002

Synopsis

Thousands of expert Java developers rely on The Java™ Developers Almanac for the fast answers they need to save time -- and the authoritative guidance they need to build great applications. Together, the Part A and Part B volumes are twice as big as the previous edition. The Java™ Developers Almanac Version 1.4 offers up-to-the-minute, thorough quick-reference information for every major version of the core Java™ Class Libraries, from JDKs 1.0/1.1 through the brand-new J2SE Version 1.4. You'll find updated coverage of 2,100 classes and 24,000 members -- all formatted, organized, and cross-referenced for easy lookup. No other quick ref includes as much information. The book is now printed in 2-color -- so it's even easier to find what you're looking for. The Java™ Developers Almanac Version 1.4 presents complete member listings of every covered class; detailed analyses of API changes for each release, and 300+ "examplets™" succinctly demonstrating each package's key operations. This, Part B, and its companion Part A, are logically divided in a way programmers will understand. Both volumes are essential resources for every Java developer.

About this title

Review

While Java started out simply enough with relatively few objects and APIs, today's Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) bundles over 2,100 classes. The Java Developer's Almanac provides a truly valuable reference to nearly all the classes and APIs in standard Java. This "white pages" for Java puts all classes and APIs at your fingertips, along with short samples illustrating essential programming tasks.

It's a compliment to say that this title resembles a telephone book. With over 1,000 pages (and printed on similar grade of paper), like a phonebook, The Java Developers Almanac is organised alphabetically. Early sections look at Java 2 classes by package, such as graphics (including Java 2D), file I/O, network programming, AWT and Swing. Early sections include several hundred short code excerpts, which provide key programming solutions.

The heart of this text is an A-to-Z compendium of over 2,100 Java classes and a whopping 24,000 methods and properties. Readers get a listing of what's in each class, along with prototype and arguments. As an "almanac" there is no room for explaining what each method does, but by using a clever set of symbols, each listing provides the details of each method (such as which ones are "final," "static" and the like), plus the version of Java in which each method first appeared (JDK 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3). These reference sections set a new standard of clarity for documenting classes. (Method and property names are aligned in the middle of the page regardless of return type, a typographic convention that makes it easy to find what you need quickly.)

Later sections provide useful references that list the changes from Java 1.0 through 1.3, as well as PersonalJava, the Java Native Interface (JNI), plus some of the details of the Java Virtual Machine (with a listing of byte codes). An innovative index cross-references all methods and classes (including where objects are used as parameters and return values). Truly encyclopaedic and remarkably well organised, this book is a virtual must-have resource for any serious Java developer. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com

Topics covered:

• Comprehensive reference to Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) packages, classes and APIs (including 2,100 classes and 24,000 methods), sample code for common programming tasks, working with graphics and images (including Java 2D), playing audio and MIDI files, Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and Swing components, JDBC database basics, directory programming with JNDI/LDAP, file system and file I/O, using the Java reflection APIs, basic socket, URL and networking in Java.
• RMI working with Strings, arrays and collections.
• Unicode, locale and internationalisation support
• documented changes in JDK 1.0 through JDK 1.3, the Java Native Interface (JNI), classes included in PersonalJava, and Java Virtual Machine (JVM) byte codes.

From the Back Cover

"I love this book. Its dense condensation of the details a developer needs makes it the one book I pull out over and over again."
--James Gosling, Fellow and Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc., and inventor of the Java™ programming language"This reminds me of the catalogs of integrated circuits that we use to build hardware systems, and shows how far and fast Java™ technology has come in having a library of incredibly useful software components--An indispensable desk reference!" --Bill Joy, cofounder, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Quoted from his keynote at JavaOne"I think this book is, quite simply, a stroke of genius. I've been lamenting the stack of books on Java™ technology I've had to pore over when all I needed was a detail about some method or package. The Almanac is the one-stop shop I was unconsciously waiting for."--John Vlissides, IBM TJ Watson and coauthor of the best-selling book Design Patterns

The Java™ Developers Almanac 1.4, Volume 2 is the most up-to-date and complete quick reference for the Java Class Libraries--JDK™ 1.0, 1.1, and J2SE™ v1.2, v1.3, v1.4. Information for 3,000 classes and 32,000 members is carefully formatted and arranged for easy lookup. In these two volumes you will find:

Over 1000 examples demonstrating the use of over 1000 classes and 4000 members (visit http://javaalmanac.com to search the example code)

Complete member listings of every class (including inherited members!), with references to examples that demonstrate usage

Class inheritance hierarchies for every package

An extensive cross-reference section

Detailed analysis of API changes for each major release

Volume 1 covers 91 core packages, including java.beans, java.io, java.lang, java.math, java.net, java.nio, java.rmi, java.sql, java.text, java.util, javax.crypto, javax.naming, javax.security, javax.xml, and CORBA.

Volume 2 covers 45 packages useful for developing GUI applications, including java.applet, java.awt, javax.accessibility, javax.imageio, javax.print, javax.sound, and javax.swing.

No matter what level programmer you are, you will find this book an invaluable tool for everyday development.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0201768100
• ISBN 13: 9780201768107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 1040