The author of the bestselling Java in a Nutshell has created an entire book ofrealworld Java programming examples that you can learn from. If you learn bestby e... » 

The author of the bestselling Java in a Nutshell has created an entire book ofrealworld Java programming examples that you can learn from. If you learn bestby example this is the book for you. This third edition covers Java 1.4 andcontains 193 complete practical examples over 21900 lines of denselycommented professionally written Java code covering 20 distinct clientsideand serverside APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and theNew IO API. The chapters on XML and servlets have been rewritten to cover thelatest versions of the specifications and to demonstrate best practices forJava 1.4. New and updated examples throughout the book demonstrate many othernew Java features and APIs. Java Examples in a Nutshell is a companion volumeto Java in a Nutshell Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell and JavaEnterprise in a Nutshell. It picks up where those quick references leave offproviding a wealth of examples for both novices and experts. This book doesnthold your hand it simply delivers wellcommented working examples withsuccinct explanations to help you learn and explore Java and its APIs. JavaExamples in a Nutshell contains examples that demonstrate Core APIsincluding IO New IO threads networking security serialization andreflection Desktop APIs highlighting Swing GUIs Java 2D graphicspreferences printing draganddrop JavaBeans applets and sound Enterprise APIs including JDBC database access JAXP XML parsing andtransformation Servlets 2.4 JSP 2.0 JavaServer Pages and RMI The bookbegins with introductory examples demonstrating structured and objectorientedprogramming techniques for new Java programmers. A special index at the end ofthe book makes it easy to look up examples that use a particular Java class oraccomplish a desired task. In between each chapter includes exercises thatchallenge readers and suggest further avenues for exploration. «