Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
by David Flanagan


The following changes were made in the 10/00 reprint:


{7} first paragraph:

"do any harm: it cannot infect" now reads "do any harm: untrusted code 
cannot infect ..."


(17) footnote:
"If you didn't understood all the details..." now reads "If you didn't 
understand all the details...".


(40) bottom: 
"the same x=x+2" now reads "the same as x=x+2".


{55} code:
did read:

	throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be >= 0")); 

now reads:

	throw new IllegalArgumentException("x must be >= 0");


{63} last paragraph:
At the start of the paragraph that begins "String literals can be only a 
single line...":  

A new opening sentence now reads "String literals cannot contain comments, 
and may consist of only a single line."


(89) 2nd par. from bottom: 
"compiler determines which constructor you wish based" now reads "compiler 
determines which constructor you wish to use based".


(92) code halfway down:
first line of the code did read:
        
	"private static finale"...

now reads: 
        
	"private static final"...


(92) line -5: 
"free method" now reads "free function", as the C language doesn't have 
methods.


(93) line -15: 
"argso[]" now reads "args[]".  


(109) line 25: 
There was an unnecessary semi-colon after the definition of the getRadius() 
method.  


(114) line -21:

	double totalDistance;

now reads

	double totalDistance = 0;


{116} last line of code:
did reads:
    
	public interface SuperShape implements Positionable, Transformable {}

now reads:
    
	public interface SuperShape extends Positionable, Transformable {}


{141} line 23: 
The statement "The valueOf() method can handle arbitrary bases" is incorrect--
it can only handle bases between Character.MIN_RADIX (==2) and 
Character.MAX_RADIX (==36) inclusive.

	// The valueOf() method can handle arbitrary bases

now reads

	// The valueOf() method can handle arbitrary bases between 2 and 36


{142} the line:

	float f = generator.nextFloat(); // 0.0 <= d < 1.0

now reads:

	float f = generator.nextFloat(); // 0.0 <= f < 1.0


{148} 
	config.getProperties("filterclass",  // The property name
                       "com.davidflangan.filters.Default"); // A default

now reads

	config.getProperty("filterclass",  // The property name
                       "com.davidflanagan.filters.Default"); // A default 


Also:

	String classdir = config.getProperties("classpath");

now reads

	String classdir = config.getProperty("classpath");


{148} line -7: 
"import java.net.URLClassLoader;" now reads "import java.net.*;" 

Also:

The line "Another technique:" was added after 

	} catch (Exception e) { /* Handle exceptions */ }


{150} 7th line:
did read:
  
	boolean keepRunning = true;

now reads:
  
	volatile boolean keepRunning = true;


{153} after first line of code, the line:

	import java.util.*;

was inserted.


(159)  1st paragraph:
In line 5, "Server Socket" now reads "ServerSocket". 


(180) 3rd paragraph after list, line 2:
"proper ty" now reads "property".


(193) code comment:
The line:

   	* their sum. * @param c1 A Complex object

now reads:

   	* their sum.
   	* @param c1 A Complex object


(227) 4th paragraph under jdb:
"suspendx" now reads "suspend".


(240) 3rd para:
"Java 1.2x" now reads "Java 1.2".


(458) After 4th line of code, a new line was added:
   
    java.security.NoSuchProviderException, java.security.SignatureException;


(458) code, 7th line:
did read:
  
    ,java.security.SignatureException {

now reads:
   
    java.security.NoSuchProviderException, java.security.SignatureException;


(519) line -2:
"correctly,x" now reads "correctly."


{532} In the fourth line down under the Set heading allAll(); now reads 
addAll().


(562) Figure 26-1:
	
	IllegalBlocksSizeException 

now reads:
	
	IllegalBlockSizeException


INDEX:

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