Core Java volume 1 -- Fundamentals / Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An introduction to Java (Java as a programming platform ; The Java "white paper" buzzwords ; Java applets and the Internet ; A short history of Java ; Common misconceptions about Java) -- 2. The Java programming environment (Installing the Java development kit ; Choosing a development environment ; Using the command-line tools ; Using an [IDE] integrated development environment ; Running a graphical application ; Building and running applets) -- 3. Fundamental programming structures in Java (A simple Java program ; Comments ; Data types ; Variables ; Operators ; Strings ; Input and output ; Control flow ; Big numbers ; Arrays) -- 4. Objects and classes (Introduction to object-oriented programming ; Using predefined classes ; Defining your own classes ; Static fields and methods ; Method parameters ; Object construction ; Packages ; The class path ; Documentation comments ; Class design hints) -- 5. Inheritance (Classes, superclasses, and subclasses ; Object: the cosmic superclass ; Generic array lists ; Object wrappers and autoboxing ; Methods with a variable number of parameters ; Enumeration classes ; Reflection ; Design hints for inheritance). 6. Interfaces and inner classes (Interfaces ; Object cloning ; Inner classes ; Proxies) -- 7. Graphics programming (Introducing Swing ; Creating a frame ; Positioning a frame ; Displaying information as a component ; Working with 2D shapes ; Using color ; Using special effects for text ; Displaying images) -- 8. Event handling (Basics of event handling ; Actions ; Mouse events ; The AWT [abstract window toolkit] event hierarchy) -- 9. User interface components with Swing (Swing and the model-view-controller design pattern ; Introduction to layout management ; Text input ; Choice components ; Menus ; Sophisticated layout management ; Dialog boxes) -- 10. Deploying applications and applets (JAR files ; Java Web Start ; Applets ; Storage of application preferences) -- 11. Exceptions, assertions, logging and debugging (Dealing with errors ; Catching exceptions ; Tips for using exceptions ; Using assertions ; Logging ; Debugging tips ; Tips for troubleshooting GUI [graphic user interface] programs ; Using a debugger). 12. Generic programming (Why generic programming? ; Defining a simple generic class ; Generic methods ; Bounds for type variables ; Generic code and the virtual machine ; Restrictions and limitations ; Inheritance rules for generic types ; Wildcard types ; Reflection and generics) -- 13. Collections (Collection interfaces ; Concrete collections ; The collections framework ; Algorithms ; Legacy collections) -- 14. Multithreading (What are threads? ; Interrupting threads ; Thread states ; Thread properties ; Synchronization ; Blocking queues ; Thread-safe collections ; Callables and futures ; Executors ; Synchronizers ; Threads and Swing) -- Appendix: Java keywords.

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