Herb Schildt's Java Programming Cookbook

Your Ultimate "How-To" Guide to Java Programming!

Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered Java "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (the classes, methods, and interfaces) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your Java programming appetite!

Topics include:

• String Handling
• Regular Expressions
• File Handling
• Applets
• Servlets
• Swing
• The Collections Framework
• Multithreading
• Formatting Data

Learn how to:

• Find substrings that match a regular expression
• Use regular expressions to tokenize a string
• Compress and decompress data files
• Create a ZIP file
• Format time and date
• Use printf( ) to display formatted data
• Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a list
• Use a Comparator with a collection
• Create a simple Swing application
• Create a Swing-based applet
• Create a simple servlet
• Use a cookie with a servlet
• Synchronize threads
• Monitor a thread's state
• Set and obtain a thread's priority
• Use JScrollPane to automate scrolling
• Access a resource using HttpURLConnection
• Schedule a task for future execution
• Use reflection to dynamically create an object and call methods
• Much, much more

Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Working with Strings and Regular Expressions
Chapter 3. File Handling
Chapter 4. Formatting Data
Chapter 5. Working with Collections
Chapter 6. Applets and Servlets
Chapter 7. Multithreading
Chapter 8. Swing
Chapter 9. Potpourri
Index

Herb Schildt is a leading authority on Java, C, C++, and C#, and is a master Windows programmer. Herb's programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous bestsellers on Java, including Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, and Swing: A Beginner's Guide.

 

Herb Schildt is a leading authority on Java, C, C++, and C#, and is a master Windows programmer. Herb's programming books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous bestsellers on Java, including Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, and Swing: A Beginner's Guide.

 

Imprint: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Distributor: The McGraw-Hill Companies
Publication Date: 11-05-2007
Pages: 524
Measurements: 8.900in X 7.300in X 1.070in X 1.936lb