Java just keeps growing, adding features,
functionality, complexity, and tempting developers to growl with
frustration. The new 1.4 release of Java 2 Standard edition increases the
size of the platform by 50%, to 2757 classes in 135 packages. How are you
going to figure out what this means for your applications? As always,
Java in a Nutshell has the answers. The new 4th edition still
contains an accelerated introduction to the Java programming language and
its key APIs so you can start writing code right away. And with more than
250 new pages, author David Flanagan quickly brings you up to speed on new
features that come with version 1.4:
High-performance NIO API
Support for pattern matching with regular expressions
A logging API
A user preferences API
New Collections classes
An XML-based persistence mechanism for Java Beans
Support for XML parsing using both the DOM and SAX APIs
User authentication with the JAAS API
Support for secure network connections using the SSL
protocol
Support for cryptography
The book
contains O'Reilly's classic quick-reference for all the classes in the
essential Java packages, so you can dive in and find what you need to make
the new 1.4 version work for you. For as long as Java developers have
existed, Java in a Nutshell has been ready, willing and able to
take you right to the heart of the program, turning those frustrated
grrrrss into purrrss of satisfaction. No wonder readers of Java
Developer's Journal voted this the "Best Java Book" the past two years in
a row!
