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. You’ll find detailed, insightful coverage of  Java fundamentals Object-oriented programming Interfaces and inner classes Reflection and proxies The event listener model GUI programming with Swing Packaging applications Exception handling Logging and debugging Generic programming The collections framework Concurrency For detailed coverage of XML processing, networking, databases, internationalization, security, advanced AWT/Swing, and other advanced features, look for the forthcoming eighth edition of Core Java™, Volume II—Advanced Features (ISBN: 978-0-13-235479-0).

Table of Contents:
Preface xix Acknowledgments xxv   Chapter 1: An Introduction to Java 1 Java As a Programming Platform 2 The Java “White Paper” Buzzwords 2 Java Applets and the Internet 7 A Short History of Java 9 Common Misconceptions about Java 11   Chapter 2: The Java Programming Environment 15 Installing the Java Development Kit 16 Choosing a Development Environment 21 Using the Command-Line Tools 22 Using an Integrated Development Environment 25 Running a Graphical Application 28 Building and Running Applets 31   Chapter 3: Fundamental Programming Structures in Java 35 A Simple Java Program 36 Comments 39 Data Types 40 Variables 44 Operators 46 Strings 53 Input and Output 63 Control Flow 71 Big Numbers 88 Arrays 90   Chapter 4: Objects and Classes 105 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 106 Using Predefined Classes 111 Defining Your Own Classes 122 Static Fields and Methods 132 Method Parameters 138 Object Construction 144 Packages 15 The Class Path 160 Documentation Comments 162 Class Design Hints 167   Chapter 5: Inheritance 171 Classes, Superclasses, and Subclasses 172 Object: The Cosmic Superclass 192 Generic Array Lists 204 Object Wrappers and Autoboxing 211 Methods with a Variable Number of Parameters 214 Enumeration Classes 215 Reflection 217 Design Hints for Inheritance 238   Chapter 6: Interfaces and Inner Classes 241 Interfaces 242 Object Cloning 249 Interfaces and Callbacks 255 Inner Classes 258 Proxies 275   Chapter 7: Graphics Programming 281 Introducing Swing 282 Creating a Frame 285 Positioning a Frame 288 Displaying Information in a Component 294 Working with 2D Shapes 299 Using Color 307 Using Special Fonts for Text 310 Displaying Images 318   Chapter 8: Event Handling 323 Basics of Event Handling 324 Actions 342 Mouse Events 349 The AWT Event Hierarchy 357   Chapter 9: User Interface Components with Swing 361 Swing and the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern 362 Introduction to Layout Management 368 Text Input 377 Choice Components 385 Menus 406 Sophisticated Layout Management 424 Dialog Boxes 452   Chapter 10: Deploying Applications and Applets 493 JAR Files 494 Java Web Start 501 Applets 516 Storage of Application Preferences 539   Chapter 11: Exceptions, Logging, Assertions, and Debugging 551 Dealing with Errors 552 Catching Exceptions 559 Tips for Using Exceptions 568 Using Assertions 571 Logging 575 Debugging Tips 591 Using a Debugger 607   Chapter 12: Generic Programming 613 Why Generic Programming? 614 Definition of a Simple Generic Class 616 Generic Methods 618 Bounds for Type Variables 619 Generic Code and the Virtual Machine 621 Restrictions and Limitations 626 Inheritance Rules for Generic Types 630 Wildcard Types 632 Reflection and Generics 640   Chapter 13: Collections 649 Collection Interfaces 650 Concrete Collections 658 The Collections Framework 689 Algorithms 700 Legacy Collections 707   Chapter 14: Multithreading 715 What Are Threads? 716 Interrupting Threads 728 Thread States 730 Thread Properties 733 Synchronization 736 Blocking Queues 764 Thread-Safe Collections 771 Callables and Futures 774 Executors 778 Synchronizers 785 Threads and Swing 794   Appendix 809   Index 813