By Mark Grand and Jonathan Knudsen; 1-56592-241-7, 1152 pages
1st Edition May 1997

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: Using the Fundamental Classes

of the basic functionality of the Java API. They provide short examples where appropriate that illustrate the use of various features.

Chapter 2: Strings and Related Classes
Chapter 3: Threads
Chapter 4: Exception Handling
Chapter 5: Collections
Chapter 6: I/O
Chapter 7: Object Serialization
Chapter 8: Networking
Chapter 9: Security
Chapter 10: Accessing the Environment

Part II: Reference

class. The reference page for a class tells you everything you need to know about using that class. It provides a detailed description of the class as a whole, followed by a complete description of every variable, constructor, and method defined by the class.

Chapter 11: The java.io Package
Chapter 12: The java.lang Package
Chapter 13: The java.lang.reflect Package
Chapter 14: The java.math Package
Chapter 15: The java.net Package
Chapter 16: The java.text Package
Chapter 17: The java.util Package
Chapter 18: The java.util.zip Package

Part III: Appendixes

This part provides information about the Unicode 2.0 standard and the UTF-8 encoding used by Java.

Appendix A: The Unicode 2.0 Character Set
Appendix B: The UTF-8 Encoding

Index