| Introduction | p. xv |
| Self-Assessment | p. xxiii |
| Java And The Sun Certification Test | p. 1 |
| Assessing Exam-Readiness | p. 2 |
| The Test Environment | p. 2 |
| The Test Objectives | p. 7 |
| What Happens When You Pass? | p. 8 |
| How We Prepared This Book | p. 8 |
| Study Resources | p. 9 |
| Language Fundamentals | p. 13 |
| Structure Of Java Programs | p. 14 |
| Java Reserved Words And Keywords | p. 16 |
| Identifiers | p. 17 |
| The Java Interpreter And The JVM | p. 18 |
| Data Types In Java | p. 18 |
| Arrays | p. 20 |
| Program Conventions | p. 22 |
| Utilization Of Javadoc Format API Documentation | p. 23 |
| Practice Questions | p. 25 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 30 |
| Java Operators With Primitives And Objects | p. 31 |
| Using Literals | p. 32 |
| Numeric Operators | p. 35 |
| String Objects And The + Operator | p. 39 |
| Bitwise And Logic Operators | p. 40 |
| Testing Object Equality | p. 46 |
| Array Initialization | p. 47 |
| Practice Questions | p. 51 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 58 |
| Creating Java Classes | p. 59 |
| Defining A Class | p. 60 |
| Class Members | p. 62 |
| Interfaces | p. 69 |
| Practice Questions | p. 73 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 79 |
| Nested Classes | p. 81 |
| Nested And Inner Classes | p. 82 |
| Static Nested Classes | p. 84 |
| Access From Outside | p. 89 |
| Practice Question | p. 92 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 99 |
| Converting And Casting Primitives And Objects | p. 101 |
| Converting And Casting Primitives | p. 102 |
| Converting And Casting Reference Types | p. 105 |
| Practice Questions | p. 111 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 118 |
| Flow Control And Exceptions | p. 119 |
| Basic Flow Control | p. 120 |
| Exceptions | p. 127 |
| Program Design With Exceptions | p. 131 |
| Practice Questions | p. 135 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 145 |
| Working With Java Classes And Objects | p. 147 |
| Object-Oriented Design | p. 148 |
| Overloading And Overriding | p. 150 |
| Object Garbage | p. 154 |
| Practice Questions | p. 157 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 166 |
| Java Threads | p. 167 |
| Thread Background | p. 168 |
| The Thread Class | p. 169 |
| Synchronizing Threads | p. 173 |
| Practice Questions | p. 179 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 186 |
| Standard Library Utility Classes | p. 187 |
| Utility Classes In The java.lang Package | p. 188 |
| The java.math Package | p. 192 |
| The Reflection Package | p. 193 |
| Utility Classes In The java.util Package | p. 194 |
| The New Collections | p. 197 |
| Practice Questions | p. 201 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 207 |
| The Java AWT Components | p. 209 |
| Overview Of The AWT Packages | p. 210 |
| The Basic AWT Classes | p. 211 |
| The Container Class | p. 216 |
| The Window-Related Classes | p. 218 |
| The Menu-Related Classes | p. 220 |
| Geometric Utility Classes | p. 222 |
| AWT Classes Related To Graphics | p. 222 |
| Practice Questions | p. 229 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 234 |
| Building GUIs With The AWT Components | p. 235 |
| The LayoutManager Interface | p. 236 |
| Working With BorderLayout | p. 238 |
| Working With FlowLayout | p. 240 |
| Working With GridLayout | p. 241 |
| Working With CardLayout | p. 242 |
| Working With GridBagLayout | p. 244 |
| Working Without A Layout Manager | p. 247 |
| Practice Questions | p. 249 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 255 |
| The Java Model | p. 257 |
| The Java 1.0 Even Model | p. 258 |
| Events in Java 2 | p. 258 |
| Listeners And Adapters | p. 262 |
| Controls And ActionEvent Events | p. 263 |
| Item Selection And Item Events | p. 265 |
| Controls And AdjustmentEvent Events | p. 265 |
| Component Events | p. 266 |
| The MouseEvent And KeyEvent Classes | p. 268 |
| Event Processing Review | p. 272 |
| Practice Questions | p. 274 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 279 |
| Java IO | p. 281 |
| How Java Handles Files | p. 282 |
| InputStream And OutputStream | p. 284 |
| Stream Filters | p. 284 |
| DataInput And DataOutput Interfaces | p. 289 |
| Streams And URLs | p. 289 |
| The RandomAccessFile Class | p. 290 |
| Object Serialization | p. 290 |
| Zip Files And JAR Files | p. 291 |
| Client/Server Programming | p. 291 |
| Exceptions Thrown By IO Classes | p. 294 |
| Review | p. 295 |
| Practice Questions | p. 296 |
| Need To Know More? | p. 301 |
| Sample Test | p. 303 |
| Questions, Questions, Questions | p. 304 |
| Picking Proper Answers | p. 304 |
| Deciding What To Memorize | p. 304 |
| Preparing For The Test | p. 305 |
| Taking The Test | p. 305 |
| The Sample Test | p. 306 |
| Answer Key | p. 341 |
| Glossary | p. 355 |
| Index | p. 377 |
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