Essential Java Fast

Pre-emptive scheduling.- Problems with multiple threads.- The synchronized keyword.- Using Runnable.- Thread priorities.- Animation.- The bouncing ball applet.- Using threads.- Reducing flicker.- Overriding methods.- Overriding update.- Using double buffering.- 8 Handling Exceptions.- What are exceptions?.- Java exceptions.- The java.lang.Exception class.- Trying and catching.- Throwing and catching.- Using finally.- 9 The Java.Awt Package.- Event driven programming.- What the AWT does.- The Button component.- The Label component.- The Scrollbar component.- The Checkbox component.- The List component.- The TextField component.- Entering passwords.- The TextArea component.- Controlling layout.- The FlowLayout class.- The GridLayout class.- The GridBagLayout class.- The BorderLayout class.- The CardLayout class.- Layout methods.- Using the layout managers.- 10 Handling Events.- Mouse events.- The mouseDown and mouseUp events.- Boolean methods.- The line drawing applet.- The scribble applet.- Keyboard events.- The handleEvent method.- The action method.- 11 Windows, Dialogs and Menus.- Creating and displaying windows.- Adding objects to pages.- Menus.- Types of menu items.- Enabling and disabling menu items.- The Dialog subclass.- Windows methods.- 12 Input and Output Streams.- The java.io package.- The FilelnputStream class.- Reading from streams.- The skip and mark methods.- The ByteArraylnputStream class.- The StringBufferinputStream class.- The FilterinputStream class.- The BufferedlnputStream class.- The DatalnputStream class.- The LineNumberinputStream class.- The PushbacklnputStream class.- The PipedlnputStream class.- The SequencelnputStream class.- The OutputStream class.- The FileOutputStream class.- Writing to streams.- The ByteArrayOutputStream class.- The FilterOutputStream class.- The BufferedOutputStream class.- The PrintStream class.- The DataOutputStream class.- The PipedOutputStream class.- 13 Modifiers and Packages.- Access control.- The public access modifier.- The private access modifier.- The package access modifier.- The protected access modifier.- Accessor methods.- The final modifier.- Using packages.- Why use packages?.- Importing packages.- The java.lang package.- 14 Java and C++.- Data types.- Using strings.- Command line arguments.- Exception handling.- Miscellaneous differences.- Appendix A Java Packages.- Reserved words.- Reserved characters.- Java operators.- Java data types.- The Java class library.- Appendix B Class Hierarchies.- Class hierarchy.