Core Java, Volume I: Fundamentals, 13th Edition (Early Release)

Table of Contents

    Preface
        To the Reader
        A Tour of This Book
        Conventions
    Acknowledgments
        1.1. From Iterating to Stream Operations
        1.2. Stream Creation
        1.3. The filter, map, and flatMap Methods
        1.4. Extracting Substreams and Combining Streams
        1.5. Other Stream Transformations
        1.6. Simple Reductions
        1.7. The Optional Type
        1.8. Collecting Results
        1.9. Collecting into Maps
        1.10. Grouping and Partitioning
        1.11. Downstream Collectors
        1.12. Reduction Operations
        1.13. Primitive Type Streams
        1.14. Parallel Streams
    2. Input and Output
        2.1. Input/Output Streams
        2.2. Reading and Writing Binary Data
        2.3. Object Input/Output Streams and Serialization
        2.4. Working with Files
        2.5. Memory-Mapped Files
        2.6. File Locking
        2.7. Regular Expressions
    3. XML
        3.1. Introducing XML
        3.2. The Structure of an XML Document
        3.3. Parsing an XML Document
        3.4. Validating XML Documents
        3.5. Locating Information with XPath
        3.6. Using Namespaces
        3.7. Streaming Parsers
        3.8. Generating XML Documents
        3.9. XSL Transformations
    4. Networking
        4.1. Connecting to a Server
        4.2. Implementing Servers
        4.3. Getting Web Data
        4.4. The HTTP Client
        4.5. The Simple HTTP Server
        4.6. Sending E-Mail
    5. Database Programming
        5.1. The Design of JDBC
        5.2. The Structured Query Language
        5.3. JDBC Configuration
        5.4. Working with JDBC Statements
        5.5. Query Execution
        5.6. Scrollable and Updatable Result Sets
        5.7. Row Sets
        5.8. Metadata
        5.9. Transactions
        5.10. Connection Management in Web and Enterprise Applications
    6. The Date and Time API
        6.1. The Time Line
        6.2. Local Dates
        6.3. Date Adjusters
        6.4. Local Time
        6.5. Zoned Time
        6.6. Formatting and Parsing
        6.7. Interoperating with Legacy Code
    7. Internationalization
        7.1. Locales
        7.2. Number Formats
        7.3. Date and Time
        7.4. Collation and Normalization
        7.5. Message Formatting
        7.6. Text Boundaries
        7.7. Text Input and Output
        7.8. Resource Bundles
        7.9. A Complete Example
    8. Compiling and Scripting
        8.1. The Compiler API
        8.2. Scripting for the Java Platform
    9. Security
        9.1. Class Loaders
        9.2. User Authentication
        9.3. Digital Signatures
        9.4. Encryption
    10. Graphical User Interface Programming
        10.1. A History of Java User Interface Toolkits
        10.2. Displaying Frames
        10.3. Displaying Information in a Component
        10.4. Event Handling
        10.5. The Preferences API
    11. User Interface Components with Swing
        11.1. Swing and the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
        11.2. Introduction to Layout Management
        11.3. Text Input
        11.4. Choice Components
        11.5. Menus
        11.6. The Grid Bag Layout
        11.7. Custom Layout Managers
        11.8. Dialog Boxes
    12. Advanced Swing and Graphics
        12.1. Tables
        12.2. Working with Rows and Columns
        12.3. Cell Rendering and Editing
        12.4. Trees
        12.5. Advanced AWT
        12.6. Raster Images
        12.7. Printing
    13. Native Methods
        13.1. Calling a C Function from a Java Program
        13.2. Numeric Parameters and Return Values
        13.3. String Parameters
        13.4. Accessing Fields
        13.5. Encoding Signatures
        13.6. Calling Java Methods
        13.7. Accessing Array Elements
        13.8. Handling Errors
        13.9. Using the Invocation API
        13.10. A Complete Example: Accessing the Windows Registry
        13.11. Foreign Functions: A Glimpse into the Future