[O'Reilly Pocket Reference 01] • Java 7 Pocket Guide by Liguori, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Java 7 Pocket Guide Dedication Preface

Book Structure Conventions Used in This Book Authors Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Second Edition Acknowledgments

I. Language

1. Naming Conventions

Class Names Interface Names Method Names Instance and Static Variable Names Parameter and Local Variable Names Generic Type Parameter Names Constant Names Enumeration Names Package Names Acronyms

2. Lexical Elements

Unicode and ASCII

Printable ASCII Characters Nonprintable ASCII Characters

Comments Keywords Identifiers Separators Operators Literals

Boolean Literals Character Literals Integer Literals Floating-Point Literals String Literals Null Literals

Escape Sequences Unicode Currency Symbols

3. Fundamental Types

Primitive Types Literals for Primitive Types Floating-Point Entities

Operations Involving Special Entities

Numeric Promotion of Primitive Types

Unary Numeric Promotion Binary Numeric Promotion Special Cases for Conditional Operators

Wrapper Classes Autoboxing and Unboxing

Autoboxing Unboxing

4. Reference Types

Comparing Reference Types to Primitive Types Default Values

Instance and Local Variable Objects Arrays

Conversion of Reference Types

Widening Conversions Narrowing Conversions

Converting Between Primitives and Reference Types Passing Reference Types into Methods Comparing Reference Types

Using the Equality Operators Using the equals() Method Comparing Strings Comparing Enumerations

Copying Reference Types

Copying a Reference to an Object Cloning Objects

Shallow and deep cloning

Memory Allocation and Garbage Collection of Reference Types

5. Object-Oriented Programming

Classes and Objects

Class Syntax Instantiating a Class (Creating an Object) Data Members and Methods Accessing Data Members and Methods in Objects Overloading Overriding Constructors Superclasses and Subclasses The this Keyword

Variable-Length Argument Lists Abstract Classes and Abstract Methods

Abstract Classes Abstract Methods

Static Data Members, Static Methods, Static Constants, and Static Initializers

Static Data Members Static Methods Static Constants Static Initializers

Interfaces Enumerations Annotation Types

Built-in Annotations Developer-Defined Annotations

6. Statements and Blocks

Expression Statements Empty Statement Blocks Conditional Statements

The if Statement The if else Statement The if else if Statement The switch Statement

Iteration Statements

The for Loop The Enhanced for Loop The while Loop The do while Loop

Transfer of Control

The break Statement The continue Statement The return Statement

Synchronized Statement Assert Statement Exception Handling Statements

7. Exception Handling

The Exception Hierarchy Checked/Unchecked Exceptions and Errors

Checked Exceptions Unchecked Exceptions Errors

Common Checked/Unchecked Exceptions and Errors

Common Checked Exceptions Common Unchecked Exceptions Common Errors

Exception Handling Keywords

The throw Keyword The try/catch/finally Keywords The try-catch Statement The try-finally Statement The try-catch-finally Statement The try-with-resources Statement The multi-catch Clause

The Exception Handling Process Defining Your Own Exception Class Printing Information About Exceptions

The getMessage() Method The toString() Method The printStackTrace() Method

8. Java Modifiers

Access Modifiers Other (Nonaccess) Modifiers

II. Platform

9. Java Platform, SE

Common Java SE API Libraries

Language and Utility Libraries Base Libraries Integration Libraries User Interface Libraries: Miscellaneous User Interface Libraries: Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) API User Interface Libraries: Swing API Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and CORBA Libraries Security Libraries Extensible Markup Language (XML) Libraries

10. Development Basics

Java Runtime Environment Java Development Kit Java Program Structure Command-Line Tools

Java Compiler Java Interpreter Java Program Packager JAR File Execution Java Documenter

Classpath

11. Memory Management

Garbage Collectors

Serial Collector Parallel Collector Parallel Compacting Collector Concurrent Mark-Sweep (CMS) Collector Garbage-First (G1) Collector

Memory Management Tools Command-Line Options Resizing the JVM Heap Interfacing with the GC

Explicit Garbage Collection Finalization

12. Basic Input and Output

Standard Streams in, out, and err Class Hierarchy for Basic Input and Output File Reading and Writing

Reading Character Data from a File Reading Binary Data from a File Writing Character Data to a File Writing Binary Data to a File

Socket Reading and Writing

Reading Character Data from a Socket Reading Binary Data from a Socket Writing Character Data to a Socket Writing Binary Data to a Socket

Serialization

Serialize Deserialize

Zipping and Unzipping Files

Compressing and Uncompressing GZIP Files

File and Directory Handling

Commonly Used Methods in the File Class Accessing Existing Files Seeking in Files

13. NIO 2.0 Quicklook

The Path Interface The Files Class Additional Features

14. Concurrency

Creating Threads

Extending the Thread Class Implementing the Runnable Interface

Thread States Thread Priorities Common Methods Synchronization Concurrent Utilities

Executors Concurrent Collections Synchronizers Timing Utility

15. Java Collections Framework

The Collection Interface Implementations Collection Framework Methods Collections Class Algorithms Algorithm Efficiencies Comparator Interface

16. Generics Framework

Generic Classes and Interfaces Constructors with Generics Substitution Principle Type Parameters, Wildcards, and Bounds The Get and Put Principle Generic Specialization Generic Methods in Raw Types

17. The Java Scripting API

Scripting Languages Script Engine Implementations

Embedding Scripts into Java Invoking Methods of Scripting Languages Accessing and Controlling Java Resources from Scripts

Setting Up Scripting Languages and Engines

Scripting Language Setup Scripting Engine Setup Scripting Engine Validation

III. Appendixes

A. Third-Party Tools

Development, CM, and Test Tools Libraries Integrated Development Environments Web Application Platforms Scripting Languages (JSR-223 compatible)

B. UML Basics

Class Diagrams

Name Attributes Operations Visibility

Object Diagrams Graphical Icon Representation

Classes, Abstract Classes, and Interfaces Notes Packages

Connectors Multiplicity Indicators Role Names Class Relationships

Association Direct Association Composition Association Aggregation Association Temporary Association Generalization Realization

Sequence Diagrams

Participant (1) Found Message (2) Synchronous Message (3) Return Call (4) Asynchronous Message (5) Message to Self (6) Lifeline (7) Activation Bar (8)

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