Your Ultimate "How-To" Guide to Java Programming!

Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered Java "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (the classes, methods, and interfaces) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your Java programming appetite!

Topics include:

String Handling

Regular Expressions

File Handling

Applets

Servlets

Swing

The Collections Framework

Multithreading

Formatting Data

Learn how to:

Find substrings that match a regular expression

Use regular expressions to tokenize a string

Compress and decompress data files

Create a ZIP file

Format time and date

Use printf( ) to display formatted data

Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a list

Use a Comparator with a collection

Create a simple Swing application

Create a Swing-based applet

Create a simple servlet

Use a cookie with a servlet

Synchronize threads

Monitor a thread's state

Set and obtain a thread's priority

Use JScrollPane to automate scrolling

Access a resource using HttpURLConnection

Schedule a task for future execution

Use reflection to dynamically create an object and call methods

Much, much more