Java: The Complete Reference, 9th Edition

The Definitive Java Programming Guide

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 Java language, 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

Table of Contents

Part I: The Java Language
Chapter 1: The History and Evolution of Java
Chapter 2: An Overview of Java
Chapter 3: Data Types, Variables, and Arrays
Chapter 4: Operators
Chapter 5: Control Statements
Chapter 6: Introducing Classes
Chapter 7: A Closer Look at Methods and Classes
Chapter 8: Inheritance
Chapter 9: Packages and Interfaces
Chapter 10: Exception Handling
Chapter 11: Multithreaded Programming
Chapter 12: Enumerations, Autoboxing, and Annotations (Metadata)
Chapter 13: I/O, Applets, and Other Topics
Chapter 14: Generics
Chapter 15: Lambda Expressions

Part II: The Java Library
Chapter 16: String Handling
Chapter 17: Exploring java.lang
Chapter 18: java.util Part 1: The Collections Framework
Chapter 19: java.util Part 2: More Utility Classes
Chapter 20: Input/Output: Exploring java.io
Chapter 21: Exploring NIO
Chapter 22: Networking
Chapter 23: The Applet Class
Chapter 24: Event Handling
Chapter 25: Introducing the AWT: Working with Windows, Graphics, and Text
Chapter 26: Using AWT Controls, Layout Managers, and Menus
Chapter 27: Images
Chapter 28: The Concurrency Utilities
Chapter 29: The Stream API
Chapter 30: Regular Expressions and Other Packages

Part III: Introducing GUI Programming with Swing
Chapter 31: Introducing Swing
Chapter 32: Exploring Swing
Chapter 33: Introducing Swing Menus

Part IV: Introducing GUI Programming with JavaFX
Chapter 34: Introducing JavaFX GUI Programming
Chapter 35: Exploring JavaFX Controls
Chapter 36: Introducing JavaFX Menus

Part V: Applying Java
Chapter 37: Java Beans
Chapter 38: Introducing Servlets

Appendix: Using Java’s Documentation Comments