Completely updated to incorporate JAVA Version 5.0, this bestselling text and reference continues to provide a thorough understanding of Java.
Combining a proper foundation in the principles of programming and problem solving, and the expert guidance of Cay Horstmann, this book enables readers to take advantage of many of the exciting features of the Java language. In BIG JAVA, Cay Horstmann offers a text comprehensive enough to cover both introductory programming concpets and the elements of Java that are needed to write real-life programs, while reinforcing problem-solving skills.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 An Introduction to Objects and Classes
Chapter 3 Fundamental Data Types
Chapter 4 Graphics Programming (Optional)
Chapter 5 Decisions
Chapter 6 Iteration
Chapter 8 Designing Classes
Chapter 9 Testing and Debugging
Chapter 10 Interfaces and Polymorphism
Chapter 11 Event Handling (Optional)
Chapter 12 Inheritance
Chapter 13 Graphical User Interfaces (Optional)
Chapter 14 Exception Handling
Chapter 15 Streams
Chapter 17 Recursion
Chapter 18 Sorting and Searching
Chapter 19 Generic Programming (Optional)
Chapter 20 An Introduction to Data Structures
Chapter 21 Advanced Data Structures
Chapter 22 Multithreading (Advanced)
Chapter 23 Internet Networking (Advanced
Chapter 24 Relational Databases (Advanced)
Chapter 25 XML (Advanced)
Chapter 26 JavaServer Pages and Servlets (Advanced)
Appendix A Java Language Coding Guidelines
Appendix B Java Syntax Summary
Appendix C Java Operator Summary
Appendix D Java Keyword Summary
Appendix E The Java Library
Appendix F The Basic Latin and Latin- Subsets of Unicode
Appendix G Metric Conversion Factors
Appendix H HTML Summary
Appendix I Tool Summary
Appendix J javadoc Summary
Appendix K Number Systems
Appendix L Bit and Shift Operations
Appendix M UML Summary
Appendix N SDK Version Differences
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