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December 29, 2007

Java Programming Wikibook

Here is the Java Programming Wikibook (print version) which gives you this great, free Java training content all on one page.

The goal of this Java textbook is to give you as much information as is possible using Java as a primary programming language. It can also be used as a Java reference book. Because it is hosted on Wikibooks, this book will always be kept up-to-date with current and more encompassing Java technologies in the future. It's targeted towards programmers who want to learn how to program with Java, and it can also be used by advanced Java programmers either by contributing or using it as a reference. Also, an Advanced Topics section is included for advanced Java programmers.

The Java platform consists of a wide array of technologies, each of which provides a distinct portion of the overall development or runtime environment. For example, end-users typically interface with the Java virtual machine and the standard set of class libraries. In addition, there are numerous ways for Java applications to be deployed, including being embedded into a web page. Lastly, developers who are creating applications for the platform use a set of development tools called the Java Development Kit (JDK).

For information on a feature of the JDK, click on its component in the diagram below.

1 Table of Contents of the Java Programming Wikibook

1.1 Concurrent Programming
1.2 Applets
1.3 JavaBeans
1.4 Libraries, Extensions, and Frameworks

2 About This Book

3 History

4 The Java Platform

4.1 Java technologies
4.2 Java Runtime Environment
4.3 Languages
4.4 Similar Platforms

5 Java Programming Environment

5.1 The Java Compiler
5.1.1 The bytecode
5.1.2 The JIT compiler
5.2 The Java Runtime Environment
5.2.1 Main entry point
5.2.2 Executing a command-line Java program
5.2.3 Executing a Graphical User Interface Java program
5.3 Other JDK tools

6 Installation

6.1 Check for availability of Java
6.3 Install the JDK
6.4 Install an IDE
6.5 Install Validation
6.6 External Links

7 Compilation

7.1 Compiling to bytecode
7.2 Automatic Compilation of Dependent Classes
7.3 Packages and Subdirectories
7.4 Filename Case
7.5 Compiler Options
7.6 Additional Tools
7.7 JBuilder
7.8 JCreator
7.9 Eclipse
7.10 NetBeans
7.11 BlueJ
7.12 Kawa
7.13 Ant
7.14 The JIT compiler

8 Execution

8.1 JSE code execution
8.2 J2EE code execution
8.3 JINI

9 First Java Program

9.1 Hello World
9.1.1 Line-by-line Analysis
9.2 Modifying the Program
9.3 Common Problems
9.4 The Next Step

10 Understanding a Java Program

10.1 The Distance Class: Intent, Source, and Use
10.2 Detailed Program Structure and Overview
10.2.1 Introduction to Java Syntax
10.2.2 Declarations and Definitions
10.2.2.1 Example: Instance Fields
10.2.2.2 Example: Constructor
10.2.2.3 Example: Methods
10.2.2.4 The printDistance() method
10.2.2.5 The main() method
10.2.2.6 The intValue() method
10.2.2.7 Static vs. Instance Methods
10.2.3 Data Types
10.2.3.1 Reference Types
10.2.3.2 Primitive Types
10.2.3.3 Array Types
10.2.3.4 void
10.2.4 Beginners topics
10.2.5 User Interface topics
10.2.6 Advanced topics

11 Syntax

11.1 Unicode
11.2 Keywords
11.3 Literals
11.4 Blocks
11.5 Whitespaces
11.6 Required Whitespace
11.7 Indentation

12 Statements

12.1 Program Control Flow
12.2 Statement Blocks
12.3 Branching Statements
12.3.1 Unconditional Branching Statements
12.3.2 Conditional Branching Statements
12.3.2.1 Conditional Statements
12.3.2.2 If...else statements
12.3.2.3 Switch statements
12.4 Iteration Statements
12.4.1 The while loop
12.4.2 The do...while loop
12.4.3 The for loop
12.4.4 The foreach loop
12.5 The continue and break statements

13 Classes, Objects and Types

13.1 Objects and Classes
13.2 Instantiation and Constructors
13.3 Type
13.4 External links

14 Packages

14.1 Java Package / Name Space
14.2 Importing packages from .jar files
14.3 Class Loading / Name Space

15 Nested Classes

15.1 Nest a class inside a class
15.2 Nest a class inside a method
15.3 Add additional classes to a Java file
15.4 Anonymous Classes

16 Access Modifiers

16.1 Access modifiers

17 Methods

17.1 Method Definition
17.2 Method Overloading
17.3 Method Overriding
17.4 Parameter Passing
17.5 Return Parameter
17.6 Special method, the Constructor
17.7 Static Method
17.8 External links

18 Primitive Types

18.1 Primitive Data Types
18.2 Data Conversion (Casting)
18.3 Autoboxing/unboxing

19 Types

19.1 About Java Types
19.2 Examples of Types
19.3 Array Types

20 java.lang.String

20.1 java.lang.String
20.2 Using StringBuffer/StringBuilder to concatenate Strings
20.3 Comparing Strings
20.4 Splitting a String
20.5 Creating substrings
20.6 Modifying String cases

21 Arrays

21.1 Intro to Arrays
21.2 Array Fundamentals
21.3 Two-Dimensional Arrays
21.4 Multidimensional Array

22 Data and Variables

22.1 Case Conventions
22.2 Scope

23 Generics

23.1 What are Generics?
23.2 Introduction
23.3 Note for C++ programmers
23.4 Class<T>
23.5 Variable Argument
23.6 Wildcard Types

24 Defining Classes

24.1 Fundamentals

25 Creating Objects

25.1 Introduction
25.2 Creating object with the new keyword
25.3 Creating object by cloning an object
25.4 Creating object receiving from a remote source

26 Interfaces

26.1 Interfaces
26.2 External links

27 Using Static Members

27.1 What does static mean?
27.2 What can it be used for?
27.3 Danger of static variables
27.4 External links

28 Destroying Objects

28.1 finalize()

29 Overloading Methods and Constructors

30 Arrays

30.1 Intro to Arrays
30.2 Array Fundamentals
30.3 Two-Dimensional Arrays
30.4 Multidimensional Array

31 Collection Classes

31.1 Introduction to Collections
31.2 Arrays
31.3 Generics
31.4 Collection or Map
31.5 Set or List or Queue
31.6 Map Classes
31.7 Thread Safe Collections
31.8 Classes Diagram (UML)

32 Throwing and Catching Exceptions

32.1 Catching Matching rules
32.2 Example of handling exceptions
32.3 Application Exceptions
32.4 Runtime Exceptions
32.4.1 NullPointerException
32.5 Main Exception Classes
32.6 See Also
32.7 Minimize the use the keyword 'null' in assignment statements
32.8 Minimize the use of the new Type[int] syntax for creating arrays of objects
32.9 Check all references obtained from 'untrusted' methods
32.10 Comparing string variable with a string literal
32.11 See also
32.12 External References