Java fundamental classes reference

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TheJava Fundamental Classes Referenceprovides complete reference documentation on the core Java 1.1 classes. These classes contain architecture-independent methods that serve as Java's gateway to the real world, by providing access to resources such as the network and the host filesystem. The core classes also include utilities for working with strings, I/O streams, mathematical functions, vectors, and hash tables. TheJava Fundamental Classes Referencecovers the classes that comprise thejava.lang, java.io, java.net, java.util, java.text, java.math, java.lang.reflect, andjava.util.zippackages. These classes provide general-purpose functionality that is fundamental to every Java application. This book takes you beyond what you'd expect from a standard reference manual. Classes and methods are, of course, described in detail. But the book does much more. It offers tutorial-style explanations of the important classes in the Java core API. The first section of the book contains chapters that describe the ins and outs of strings and related classes, effective thread programming, and the use of the I/O classes, to name just a few of the topics. These chapters also include lots of sample code, so that you can learn by example