Java: The Complete Reference, Twelfth Edition

The Definitive Java Programming Guide

Fully updated for Java SE 17, Java™: The Complete Reference, Twelfth Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Best-selling programming author Herb Schildt covers the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles. You’ll also find information on key portions of the Java API library, such as I/O, the Collections Framework, the stream library, and the concurrency utilities. Swing, JavaBeans, and servlets are examined, and numerous examples demonstrate Java in action. Of course, recent additions to the Java language, such as records, sealed classes, and switch expressions are discussed in detail. Best of all, the book is written in the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Schildt the choice of millions worldwide.

Coverage includes:

Data types, variables, arrays, and operators

Control statements

Classes, objects, and methods

Method overloading and overriding

Inheritance

Interfaces and packages

Exception handling

Multithreaded programming

Enumerations, autoboxing, and annotations

The I/O classes

Generics

Lambda expressions

Modules

Records

Sealed classes

Text blocks

switch expressions

Pattern matching with instanceof

String handling

The Collections Framework

Networking

Event handling

AWT

Swing

The Concurrent API

The Stream API

Regular expressions

JavaBeans

Servlets

Much, much more