This revised edition of the classic Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals, is the definitive guide to Java for serious programmers who want to put Java to work on real projects. Fully updated for the new Java SE 6 platform, this no-nonsense tutorial and reliable reference illuminates the most important language and library features with thoroughly tested real-world examples.
The example programs have been carefully crafted to be easy to understand as well as useful in practice, so you can rely on them as an outstanding starting point for your own code.
Volume I is designed to quickly bring you up to speed on what’s new in Java SE 6 and to help you make the transition as efficiently as possible, whether you’re upgrading from an earlier version of Java or migrating from another language. The authors concentrate on the fundamental concepts of the Java language, along with the basics of user-interface programming.
Salient Features * One of the best-selling Java books of all time, over 280,000 shipped in the US! (editions 3-7 combined) * Great code examples, comprehensive coverage, and clear explanations -- the book that MADE The Core Series * Java is now open source. This will bring many new programmers to Java
Table of Contents An Introduction to Java * The Java Programming Environment * Fundamental Programming Structures in Java * Objects and Classes * Inheritance * Interfaces and Inner Classes * Graphics Programming * Event Handling * User Interface Components with Swing * Deploying Applications and Applets * Exceptions, Logging, Assertions and Debugging * Generic Programming * Collections * Multithreading