The Java Class Libraries, Volume 1: java.io, java.lang, java.math, java.net, java.text, java.util

From the Publisher: creators of the Java technology at Sun Microsystems is an essential resource for both novice and experienced Java programmers. The information is presented in an easy-to-use, dictionary-like format. The packages covered in this book are: java.io java.net java.lang java.text java.lang.reflect java.util java.math java.util.zip The extensive class and member descriptions contain details crucial for developing robust and professional applets and applications. Each description is supplemented by an example that demonstrates the class or member in a relevant context. The 24,000 lines of code in over 600 examples facilitate learning-by-example and provide useful code fragments for your projects. Each class description includes: a class hierarchy diagram showing its connection to related classes a detailed overview describing its purpose and key concepts a convenient member summary that briefly describes each member and arranges the members into related groups an example demonstrating the class in a "real-world" context comprehensive descriptions and an example for each member