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