Java Foundation Classes In A Nutshell
The JFC/Swing classes offer a powerful way to build user interfaces in Java, and this richness comes with a lot more complexity. Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell provides the documentation needed for understanding the most important features of Swing and serves as a handy reference to every package, class, and method.
The book is especially good at introducing the essential elements of Swing compared to the older AWT standard. Early chapters compare the fundamentals of AWT and Swing, including the architecture of each, plus the new possibilities for user interfaces offered by today's Swing. Standout sections on Java2D graphics (which is a lot more complicated than AWT graphics), printing, and Swing's advanced UI capabilities round out the tour here. Short examples and clear explanations, somewhat dryly written, provide a starting point for learning Swing.
The heart of this book is its 500 pages of reference material for every Java Swing (and AWT) package, class, and method. Some readers may quibble with the ordering here. (For instance, the model classes for advanced UI components like JTables are separated from the components themselves). But this reference has a good sense of visual clarity (with alternate lines of text highlighted with gray so that you can find what you need quickly). There are also some nice graphics, showing the relationship of Swing classes to one another.
In all, Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell provides a very worthwhile reference to today's Swing classes. This text is as good as any available in getting to essential information on the powers of Swing for practical Java development
Java Enterprise In A Nutshell
For the intermediate to advanced Java developer, Java Enterprise in a Nutshell shows how to work with all of today's relevant Java APIs. Plus, it's a topnotch reference for all enterprise classes. Part tutorial and part reference work that you can use everyday at your desk, this title is a worthwhile resource for any Java developer building Web or enterprise software.
The practical, succinct focus here on actual Java enterprise APIs helps distinguish this text from the pack. Early sections provide short, clear examples along with just enough background to help you use APIs like JDBC, servlets and JSPs, EJBs, and others. Coverage of Java's ability to interface with legacy CORBA systems is just excellent, with a full tour of Java IDL, CORBA services, and Remote Method Invocation (RMI). Typically, readers will be familiar with some J2EE APIs and not others. This book can help fill in the gaps.
Updated with the latest standards from Sun, including JDBC 3.0, Servlet 2.3, and EJB 2.0, this is an essential primer for today's high-end (and high-paying) Java. The basic presentation of servlets/JSP and EJBs (among the most important APIs for current Java Web development) is concise and nicely digestible. We also liked the chapter on JMS for messaging (also a hotbed of Java job activity).
The second half of this text lists every J2EE class, along with methods and properties, in a very valuable reference section that makes good use of two-toned shading for easy access. Entries are organized by package name. (One small oversight here is that an index of cross-listed packages, classes, and methods omits page numbers.)
Overall, this book is truly indispensable for any working Java programmer. The second edition of Java Enterprise in a Nutshell is a fully up-to-date tutorial and reference that lives up to the standards of O'Reilly’s Nutshell series. Both thorough and concise, it's a handy resource for anyone who works with the hundreds and thousands of Java enterprise APIs on a regular basis
This is very good ebook which covers Creational Patterns, The Java Foundation Classes,Structural Patterns and Behavioral Patterns Java Design Pattern: A Tutorial
Interface Design: Best Practices in Object-Oriented API Design in Java. The guidelines put forth in this book will primarily help you achieve program flexibility. When I talk about object design, building class hierarchies, interfaces, polymorphism, choosing composition vs. inheritance, and so on, my main focus will be to give insights that will help you make your programs easier to understand and easier to change.
Java Data Structures, 2nd Edition. This document was created with an intent to show people how easy Java really is, and to clear up a few things I've missed in the previous release of the document. Look for the zip file which has all the sample code used in this tutorial.
This redbook is intended for customers who are implementing the Java language and CORBA client support provided by CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Version 1 Release 3. Its prime audience are CICS and OS/390 system programmers who provide support for Java application development and Java application programmers who can now use the transactional facilities provided by CICS.
The material in this chapter is based on JDBCtm API Tutorial and Reference, Second Edition: Universal Data Access for the Javatm 2 Platform, published by Addison Wesley as part of the Java series, ISBN 0-201-43328-1.The JDBCtm API is the application programming interface that provides universal data access for the Javatm programming language. It includes the JDBC 1.0 API, which provides the basic functionality for data access. The JDBC 2.0 API supplements the basic API with more advanced features and provides a standard way to access the latest object-relational features being supported by today's relational database management systems. In addition, the new API includes features such as scrollable and updatable result sets and improved performance. It also extends JDBC technology beyond the client to the server with connection pooling and distributed transactions.
This book is for Java programmers. If you are not already a Java programmer, I suggest that you pick up an introductory Java book, such as Sams Teach Yourself Java 1.2 in 21 Days by Laura Lemay and Rogers Cadenhead. This book takes up where the introductory books leave off. It is an intermediate-to-advanced book that assumes you know how to use Java programming statements and that you have a basic understanding of exceptions and threads programming. If you have written programs in C or C++, you should have the background necessary to understand the material presented in this book. The syntax of Java is very similar to C and C++.
