Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page 5 para. 2, line 2: "doing the all the running" |
changed to "doing all the running" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 23 code 3, line 7 |
3 ldc #1 <String "Hello World!> |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 58 last line: "current" should be "currently" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1999 | ||
| Printed | Page 79 1st para., last line: "it resolved" changed to |
"is resolved" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 99 para. -2, line -1: "Chapter 11, Threads" changed to |
"Chapter 12, Class File Reference" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 179 Tag value 2 used to be CONSTANT_Unicode in Java 1.0. Since there |
is also a CONSTANT_Utf8, I guess they decided to drop CONSTANT_Unicode |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1999 | |
| Printed | Page 192 under "name_index" and "type_index": "local pool" |
changed to "constant pool" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 223 next-to-last sentence before last code bit: "numbers" should be |
"number" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1999 | |
| Printed | Page 267 under "i2c": in the table, "value" and "result" should not be |
part of the column heads |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1999 | |
| Printed | Page 427 in Troy Downing's bio, "two-year-old daughter" |
changed to "young daughter" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1998 |