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Several chapters here are especially useful for getting control of new and important Java 2 features. Sections on the new Java 2 collection classes and using advanced Swing classes (like tables and trees) are particularly good. (While many other books just list Swing APIs, this volume provides short examples and effective commentary, which will let you master these complex Swing controls.) When it comes to Java2D graphics, the authors do a nice job of comparing the old AWT to the new Java2D, including drawing basic shapes and doing text output. (These operations are surprisingly tricky in this new API). A section on the new JDBC 2 standard shows off new features like ResultSets and scrollable cursors to good effect.
More advanced topics include multithreading, internationalization, and security. Throughout, this text introduces important concepts illustrated with comprehensible examples. The APIs for individual classes are listed too, making it possible to use this book as a reference, but it is the tutorial sections that stand out here. (The authors also aren't afraid to point out where Java 2 is lacking--for example, in its printing support.)
Readers of the first volume will naturally want the second volume of Core Java 2 too. It's also a great choice for any Java developer with JDK 1.1 experience who wants a tour of new Java 2 features that are essential for serious corporate development. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: Java 2 advanced APIs, multithreading and synchronization, Java 2 collections, networking, databases and JDBC 2 (cursors and result sets), RMI and remote objects, Swing user interface classes, printing, tables and trees, JavaBeans, security and deployment, internationalization issues, JNI and native methods. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The revised edition of the classic Core Java™, Volume II–Advanced Features, covers advanced user-interface programming and the enterprise features of the Java SE 6 platform. Like Volume I (which covers the core language and library features), this volume has been updated for Java SE 6 and new coverage is highlighted throughout. All sample programs have been carefully crafted to illustrate the latest programming techniques, displaying best-practices solutions to the types of real-world problems professional developers encounter.
Volume II includes new sections on the StAX API, JDBC 4, compiler API, scripting framework, splash screen and tray APIs, and many other Java SE 6 enhancements. In this book, the authors focus on the more advanced features of the Java language, including complete coverage of
- Streams and Files
- Networking
- Database programming
- XML
- JNDI and LDAP
- Internationalization
- Advanced GUI components
- Java 2D and advanced AWT
- JavaBeans
- Security
- RMI and Web services
- Collections
- Annotations
- Native methods
For thorough coverage of Java fundamentals–including interfaces and inner classes, GUI programming with Swing, exception handling, generics, collections, and concurrency–look for the eighth edition of Core Java™, Volume I–Fundamentals (ISBN: 978-0-13-235476-9).
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the author explains a lot of java classes and methods in an easy and simple way.
you will understand how to use socket connections and http connection perfectly.
What I like about this author's way is the easy step by step explanation of hole any provided program.
I recommend this book for those who want to understand more than basic programming in java.
Even very simple topics are explained using a huge Swing programs. 25% of the book is full of Swing programs. Instead of Swing programs the author could have opted for normal non-GUI sample program.
Obviously the book is not too bad but I expected more than this and according to me it didn't meet volume I standard.
I subscribe to the saying 'perfection is reached when there is nothing more you can take away from a program', in practice gaining simplicity from reliance on quality libraries. This book shows you JDK libraries that are _really_ useful, explaining them so well you don't need to dig into the source or visit hundreds of forums to gain real confidence in using them.
At £22 this is a steal, and even if you think you know all there is 'useful' to know about Java I'm positive this can show you even more. And when they sort out Java 7 I look forward to the next edition of this book to find all the juicy new bits.
5 stars EVEN THOUGH the Swing-based examples are annoying, because the text is so well written that it makes running examples almost unnecessary. And 5 stars to the editorial team for the polish - I'm sure there are typos in such a long book but I haven't encountered one yet, beating Apress and other much poorer publishing houses on almost every level.
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