The Java language specification (TM) Language Specification

✍ Scribed by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Gilad Bracha

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 532
• Series: Java series
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java(tm) Language Specification, Second Edition is the definitive technical reference for the Java(tm) programming language. If you want to know the precise meaning of the language's constructs, this is the source for you. The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the syntax and semantics of the Java programming language. It describes all aspects of the language, including the semantics of all types, statements, and expressions, as well as threads and binary compatibility

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction......Page 27
Grammars......Page 35
Lexical Structure......Page 39
Types, Values, and Variables......Page 57
Conversions and Promotions......Page 81
Names......Page 107
Packages......Page 145
Classes......Page 161
Interfaces......Page 225
Arrays......Page 235
Exceptions......Page 245
Execution......Page 255
Binary Compatibility......Page 277
Blocks and Statements......Page 301
Expressions......Page 343
Definite Assignment......Page 433
Threads and Locks......Page 455
Syntax......Page 475