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Copyright |
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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List of Examples |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Writing the Second
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About This Book |
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Using the Book |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Book Web Sites |
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Request for Feedback |
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About the Authors |
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Acknowledgments
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Basics of Java
Programming |
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Section 1.1.
Introduction |
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Section 1.2. Classes |
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Section 1.3. Objects |
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Section 1.4. Instance
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Section 1.5. Static
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Section 1.6.
Inheritance |
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Section 1.7.
Aggregation |
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Section 1.8. Tenets
of Java |
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Review Questions |
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Section 1.9. Java
Programs |
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Section 1.10. Sample
Java Application |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 2. Language
Fundamentals |
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Section 2.1. Basic
Language Elements |
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Review Questions |
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Section 2.2.
Primitive Data Types |
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Review Questions |
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Section 2.3. Variable
Declarations |
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Section 2.4. Initial
Values for Variables |
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Review Questions |
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Section 2.5. Java
Source File Structure |
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Review Questions |
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Section 2.6. The
main() Method |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 3. Operators and
Assignments |
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Section 3.1.
Precedence and Associativity Rules for Operators |
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Section 3.2.
Evaluation Order of Operands |
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Section 3.3.
Conversions |
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Section 3.4. Simple
Assignment Operator = |
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Review Questions |
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Section 3.5.
Arithmetic Operators: *, /, %, +,
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Review Questions |
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Section 3.6. The
Binary String Concatenation Operator + |
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Section 3.7. Variable
Increment and Decrement Operators: ++, -- |
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Review Questions |
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Section 3.8. Boolean
Expressions |
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Section 3.9.
Relational Operators: <, <=, >, >= |
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Section 3.10.
Equality |
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Section 3.11.
Boolean Logical Operators: !, ^, &, | |
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Section 3.12.
Conditional Operators: &&, || |
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Review Questions |
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Section 3.13.
Integer Bitwise Operators: ~, &, |, ^ |
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Section 3.14. Shift
Operators: <<, >>, >>> |
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Section 3.15. The
Conditional Operator: ? |
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Section 3.16. Other
Operators: new, [], instanceof |
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Review Questions |
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Section 3.17.
Parameter Passing |
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Section 3.18.
Passing Primitive Data Values |
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Section 3.19.
Passing Object Reference Values |
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Section 3.20.
Passing Array References |
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Section 3.21. Array
Elements as Actual Parameters |
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Section 3.22.
final Parameters |
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Section 3.23.
Program Arguments |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 4. Declarations and
Access Control |
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Section 4.1. Arrays |
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Review Questions |
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Section 4.2. Defining
Classes |
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Section 4.3. Defining
Methods |
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Section 4.4.
Constructors |
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Section 4.5. Scope
Rules |
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Review Questions |
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Section 4.6. Packages |
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Section 4.7.
Accessibility Modifiers for Top-level Classes and Interfaces |
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Section 4.8. Other
Modifiers for Classes |
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Review Questions |
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Section 4.9. Member
Accessibility Modifiers |
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Review Questions |
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Section 4.10. Other
Modifiers for Members |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 5. Control Flow,
Exception Handling, and Assertions |
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Section 5.1. Overview
of Control Flow Statements |
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Section 5.2.
Selection Statements |
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Review Questions |
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Section 5.3.
Iteration Statements |
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Section 5.4. Transfer
Statements |
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Review Questions |
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Section 5.5.
Stack-based Execution and Exception Propagation |
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Section 5.6.
Exception Types |
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Section 5.7.
Exception Handling: try, catch, and finally |
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Section 5.8.
throw Statement |
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Section 5.9.
throws Clause |
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Review Questions |
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Section 5.10.
Assertions |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 6. Object-oriented
Programming |
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Section 6.1. Single
Implementation Inheritance |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.2.
Overriding and Hiding Members |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.3. Chaining
Constructors Using this() and super() |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.4.
Interfaces |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.5.
Completing the Type Hierarchy |
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Section 6.6.
Assigning, Passing, and Casting Reference Values |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.7.
Polymorphism and Dynamic Method Lookup |
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Review Questions |
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Section 6.8.
Inheritance vs. Aggregation |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 7. Nested Classes And
Interfaces |
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Section 7.1. Overview
of Nested Classes and Interfaces |
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Section 7.2. Static
Member Classes and Interfaces |
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Section 7.3.
Non-static Member Classes |
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Review Questions |
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Section 7.4. Local
Classes |
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Section 7.5.
Anonymous Classes |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercise |
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Chapter 8. Object Lifetime |
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Section 8.1. Garbage
Collection |
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Review Questions |
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Section 8.2.
Initializers |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Chapter 9. Threads |
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Section 9.1.
Multitasking |
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Section 9.2. Overview
of Threads |
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Section 9.3. Thread
Creation |
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Review Questions |
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Section 9.4.
Synchronization |
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Review Questions |
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Section 9.5. Thread
Transitions |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 10. Fundamental
Classes |
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Section 10.1.
Overview of the java.lang Package |
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Section 10.2. The
Object Class |
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Review Questions |
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Section 10.3. The
Wrapper Classes |
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Review Questions |
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Section 10.4. The
Math Class |
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Review Questions |
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Section 10.5. The
String Class |
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Review Questions |
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Section 10.6. The
StringBuffer Class |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Chapter 11. Collections and
Maps |
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Section 11.1. The
Collections Framework |
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Section 11.2.
Collections |
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Review Questions |
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Section 11.3. Sets |
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Section 11.4. Lists |
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Review Questions |
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Section 11.5. Maps |
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Section 11.6. Sorted
Sets and Sorted Maps |
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Review Questions |
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Section 11.7.
Implementing the equals(), hashCode(), and
compareTo() Methods |
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Section 11.8.
Working with Collections |
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Review Questions |
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Chapter Summary |
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Programming Exercises |
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Appendix A. Taking the SCPJ2
1.4 Exam |
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Section A.1.
Preparing for the Programmer Exam |
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Section A.2.
Registering for the Exam |
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Section A.3. How the
Examination Is Conducted |
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Section A.4. The
Questions |
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Section A.5. Moving
on to the Developer Exam |
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Appendix B. Objectives for
the SCPJ2 1.4 Exam |
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Section 1:
Declarations and Access Control (Chapter 4) |
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Section 2: Flow
Control, Assertions, and Exception Handling (Chapter 5) |
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Section 3: Garbage
Collection (Chapter 8) |
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Section 4: Language
Fundamentals (Chapter 2) |
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Section 5: Operators
and Assignments (Chapter 3) |
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Section 6:
Overloading, Overriding, Runtime Type and Object Orientation (Chapter 6,
Chapter 11) |
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Section 7: Threads
(Chapter 9) |
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Section 8:
Fundamental Classes in the java.lang Package (Chapter 10) |
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Section 9: The
Collections Framework (Chapter 11) |
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Appendix C. Objectives for
the Java 2 Platform Upgrade Exam |
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Section 1:
Declarations and Access Control |
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Section 2: Flow
Control, Assertions, and Exception Handling |
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Section 3: Garbage
Collection |
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Section 4: Language
Fundamentals |
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Section 5: Operators
and Assignments |
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Section 6:
Overloading, Overriding, Runtime Type and Object Orientation |
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Section 7: Threads |
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Section 8: The
Collections Framework |
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Appendix D. Annotated
Answers to Review Questions |
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Section 1. Basics of
Java Programming |
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Section 2. Language
Fundamentals |
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Section 3. Operators
and Assignments |
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Section 4.
Declarations and Access Control |
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Section 5. Control
Flow, Exception Handling, and Assertions |
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Section 6.
Object-oriented Programming |
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Section 7. Nested
Classes and Interfaces |
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Section 8. Object
Lifetime |
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Section 9. Threads |
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Section 10.
Fundamental Classes |
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Section 11.
Collections and Maps |
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Appendix E. Solutions to
Programming Exercises |
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Section 1. Basics of
Java Programming |
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Section 2. Language
Fundamentals |
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Section 3. Operators
and Assignments |
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Section 4.
Declarations and Access Control |
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Section 5. Control
Flow, Exception Handling, and Assertions |
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Section 6.
Object-oriented Programming |
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Section 7. Nested
Classes and Interfaces |
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Section 8. Basics of
Java Programming |
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Section 9. Threads |
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Section 10.
Fundamental Classes |
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Section 11.
Collections and Maps |
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Appendix F. Mock Exam |
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Answers to Questions |
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Appendix G. Number Systems
and Number Representation |
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Section G.1. Number
Systems |
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Section G.2.
Relationship between Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal Numbers |
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Section G.3.
Converting Decimals |
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Section G.4.
Representing Integers |
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Appendix H. About the CD |
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Section H.1.
Whizlabs Exam Simulators |
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Section H.2. Items
from the Book |
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Single-User License Agreement |
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Important Terms of
Agreement |
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Remedies Provided
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