The String and StringBuffer Classes Why Two String Classes? Creating Strings and StringBuffers Accessor Methods More Accessor Methods Modifying StringBuffers Converting Objects to Strings Converting Strings to Numbers Strings and the Java Compiler Java Strings are First-Class Objects Setting Program Attributes Using Properties to Manage Program Attributes Command-Line Arguments Accessing System Resources Using the System Class The Standard I/O Streams System Properties Forcing Finalization and Garbage Collection Providing Your Own Security Manager Introducing the Security Manager Writing a Security Manager Installing Your Security Manager Deciding What SecurityManager Methods to Override Miscellaneous System Methods The Runtime Object Handling Errors Using Exceptions What's an Exception and Why Do I Care? Your First Encounter with Java Exceptions Java's Catch or Specify Requirement Dealing with Exceptions The ListOfNumbers Example Catching and Handling Exceptions The try Block The catch Block(s) The finally Block Putting It All Together Specifying the Exceptions Thrown by a Method How to Throw Exceptions The throw Statement The Throwable Class and Its Subclasses Creating Your Own Exception Classes Runtime Exceptions--The Controversy Doing Two or More Tasks At Once: Threads What Is a Thread? Customizing a Thread's run Method Subclassing Thread and Overriding run Implementing the Runnable Interface The Life Cycle of a Thread Understanding Thread Priority Synchronizing Threads The Producer/Consumer Example Locking an Object Reaquiring a Lock Using the notifyAll and wait Methods Avoiding Starvation and Deadlock Grouping Threads The ThreadGroup Class Summary Reading and Writing Overview of I/O Streams Using the Data Sink Streams How to Use File Streams How to Use Pipe Streams Using the Processing Streams How to Concatenate Files Working with Filtered Streams How to Use DataInputStream and DataOutputStream Writing Your Own Filtered Streams Object Serialization Serializing Objects Providing Object Serialization foor Your Classes Working with Random Access Files Using Random Access Files Writing Filters for Random Access Files And the Rest
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