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Trail: Essential Java Classes: Table of Contents

Setting Program Attributes
Using Properties to Manage Program Attributes
Command-Line Arguments
Accessing System Resources
Using the System Class
The Standard I/O Streams
System Properties
Forcing Finalization and Garbage Collection
Providing Your Own Security Manager
Introducing the Security Manager
Writing a Security Manager
Installing Your Security Manager
Deciding What SecurityManager Methods to Override
Miscellaneous System Methods
The Runtime Object
Handling Errors with Exceptions
What's an Exception and Why Do I Care?
Your First Encounter with Java Exceptions
Java's Catch or Specify Requirement
Dealing with Exceptions
The ListOfNumbers Example
Catching and Handling Exceptions
The try Block
The catch Block(s)
The finally Block
Putting It All Together
Specifying the Exceptions Thrown by a Method
How to Throw Exceptions
The throw Statement
The Throwable Class and Its Subclasses
Creating Your Own Exception Classes
Runtime Exceptions--The Controversy
Questions and Exercises: Exceptions
Threads: Doing Two or More Tasks At Once
What Is a Thread?
Using the Timer and TimerTask Classes
Customizing a Thread's run Method
Subclassing Thread and Overriding run
Implementing the Runnable Interface
The Life Cycle of a Thread
Understanding Thread Priority
Synchronizing Threads
The Producer/Consumer Example
Locking an Object
Reaquiring a Lock
Using the notifyAll and wait Methods
Avoiding Starvation and Deadlock
Grouping Threads
The ThreadGroup Class
Summary
Questions and Exercises: Threads
I/O: Reading and Writing (but no 'rithmetic)
Overview of I/O Streams
Using the Data Sink Streams
How to Use File Streams
How to Use Pipe Streams
Using the Processing Streams
How to Concatenate Files
Working with Filtered Streams
How to Use DataInputStream and DataOutputStream
Writing Your Own Filtered Streams
Object Serialization
Serializing Objects
Providing Object Serialization for Your Classes
Working with Random Access Files
Using Random Access Files
Writing Filters for Random Access Files
And the Rest . . .
Questions and Exercises: I/O: Reading and Writing (but no 'rithmetic)

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