* Includes step-by-step examples geared to the business and high-tech experience of COBOL programmers

* Uses COBOL coding techniques to teach Java concepts

* Discusses XML concepts from the COBOL perspective

* Completely updated, including three new chapters on Java Database Connectivity, Servlets and Java Server Pages, and Enterprise Java Beans

* Expanded coverage of important advanced Java concepts, including Collections, AWT and Swing, Streams and Readers in Java’s I/O, and Java utilities