Core Java 2, Volume I--Fundamentals (Core Series)

by Gary Cornell (Author), Gary Cornell (Author), Cay S. Horstmann (Author)

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  2004

  $3.21

  If learning Java is a must for your career, and you cannot afford to waste weeksor even months reading tutorial books that lead you nowhere, this book is theone you need. The best-selling introduction to Java for experiencedprogrammers is back! Previous editions have been tremendously successfulbecause they were written for programmers looking for a fast-paced book. Theauthors retain the highly illustrative examples and crystal-clear explanations ofkey concepts. The seventh edition is fully updated for J2SE 1.5. Detailedcoverage of object-oriented design concepts; reflection and proxies; interfacesand inner classes; exception handling; and much more.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.21

  Appropriate for intermediate to advanced courses in Java programming.

  Cay Horstmann has thoroughly updated his legendary Core Java to reflect Java 2, Standard Edition, Version 1.4. The book's new coverage includes these and many other significant enhancements: regular expressions; the high-performance New I/O API; chained exceptions, logging, and other techniques for building more reliable code; and the Preference Class, Java's new cross-platform repository for configuration information. Horstmann presents state-of-the-art discussions of object-oriented Java development, reflection and proxies, updated coverage of Swing user interface development, definitive introductions to inner classes and the Java event model, thorough explanations of stream I/O and object serialization, and much more. This edition contains new review questions and practice exercises, along with even more of the robust, real-world programs previous editions are famous for-all fully updated to reflect the latest JDK features and improvements.