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 |
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Printed | Page 4 after "Inter[reted", line 1: deleted the extra "an" |
and line -4: deleted the extra "a" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 6 |
next-to-last para., last sentence now reads: |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 6 |
next-to-last para., last sentence now reads: |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 7 next-to-last line: changed "seems to reasonable" to "seems |
reasonable" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 8 1st sentence of last para: changed "use commonplace" to "use is |
commonplace" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 12 last para., next-to-last line: changed "that this these" to |
"that these" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 17 last code sample: "setenv" changed to "set" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 17 the line "set CLASSPATH .;C:...." now has an equals sign, like this |
"set CLASSPATH=.;C:...." (Note that this is for the second CLASSPATH line |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 18 line 2: "overides" was changed to "overrides" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 20 bullet 3: "are accessible" changed to "is accessible" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 20 bullet item 3: changed "in different" to "in a different" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 23 Under Primitive Data Types section, line 5: |
Changed the following sentence: |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 24 TAble 2-2, float and double entires: swapped maximum values |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 29 second para. under "Garbage Collection": changed the last |
sentence to read: |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 29 second para. under "Garbage Collection": changed the last |
sentence to read: |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 30 line -3: "256 byte" changed to "16 byte" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 30 paragraph 5, line 2: "initialzier" was changed to "initializer" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 31 6 line code roughly in the middle of the page. The second last line of |
code: |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 31 end of the last paragraph, added this sentence |
"As in C, Java arrays are zero-based (the first element is element 0, |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 33 paragraph 5, line 1: "NUL" was changed to "NULL" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 36 The switch Statement: The sentence |
"The switch statement is the same in Java as it is in C." |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 36 Under "The switch statement", 3rd sent.: removed "long" from the |
italicized list |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 37 line 13: "variable" changed to "variables" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 40 The following footnote was added near the bottom of the page |
Unless the program itself exits with f(CWSystem.exit()fR. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 42 para. -2, line -2: "a class the" changed to "a class that" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 43 paragraph 4,line 5: changed "Java API" to "the Java API" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 47 Changed the following |
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Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 61 code 1, line -4: changed "Peturn" to "Return" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 66 deleted comma in the last line |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 69 final methods, line -2: changed "methods cannot" to "method cannot" |
and line -2: deleted "the" before "when the" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 70 para. 2, line -5: delted the extra "a" |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 70 line -5 of para. 2: changed "instance of the class or a |
subclass of it, then" to "instance of the class, then" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 70 line -5 of para. 2: changed "instance of the class or a |
subclass of it, then" to "instance of the class, then" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 70 line 5: the statement, "static methods cannot be overridden" |
is not true; they can be overridden. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 73 para. 4, sentence 2 now reads "it can access" (deleted "use") |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 73 Remove the fourth paragraph (the one that starts "There is an |
important point..." and replace it with: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 74 Example 3-14, changed the following line |
"private boolean check_radius(double r) { return (r <= MAXR); }" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 77 in the paragraph immediately after Example 3-16, added the following |
sentence: |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 82 bullet item 6: changed "explictly" to "explicitly" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 91 para. 5, line -1: "printer use" now reads "printer to use" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 96 line 1: "compliment" changed to "complement" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 97 line 3 of para. 2 under "Object Serialization": changed "that |
subclass the Serializable" to "that implement the Serializable" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 97 line 3 of para. 2 under "Object Serialization": changed "that |
subclass the Serializable" to "that implement the Serializable" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 99 under "Enterprise APIs...": changed "and Security packages will |
be documented, along with other, forthcoming APIs, in a separate |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 99 under "Enterprise APIs...": changed "and Security packages will |
be documented, along with other, forthcoming APIs, in a separate |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 103 |
Changed the footnote to read: |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 104 Changed the following line in Example 5-1 |
"public interface Linkable {" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 105 Example 5-1, line 2: changed "public remove(Linkable node)" to |
"public void remove(Linkable node)" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 105 Remove the first paragraph of the "Nested Top-Level Classes |
and .class Files" section and replace it with: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 114 paragraph 4, line 3: changed "to do to" to "do to" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 117 Example 5-7, line 10: changed "this.new Local()" to "new Local()" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 127 last line: changed "applets security" to "applets" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 127 last line: changed "applets security" to "applets" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 133 next-to-last line before code example: put "appletviewer" in |
italics instead of constant width |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 133 next-to-last line before code example: put "appletviewer" in |
italics instead of constant width |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 135 next-to-last bullet: added "the" before "'XOR mode'" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 135 next-to-last bullet: added "the" before "'XOR mode'" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 139 dash 3: "existence" spelled correctly |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 144 line -4: "method the" changed to "method of the" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 147 text para. 1, line 2: changed "which list the" to "which lists |
the" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 147 text para. 1, line 2: changed "which list the" to "which lists |
the" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 149 example 7-1: added a line after "g = this.getGraphics():" |
this.requestFocus(); //Ask for keyboard focus so we get key events |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 149 example 7-1: added a line after "g = this.getGraphics():" |
this.requestFocus(); //Ask for keyboard focus so we get key events |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 158 line 1: changed "addition the new" to "addition to the new" |
also, line 2 of para. 3: changed "the the" to "than the" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 160 2nd code block: changed lines 2 and 3 from |
if (e.isPopupTrigger()) // If popup trigger, |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 160 2nd code block: changed lines 2 and 3 from |
if (e.isPopupTrigger()) // If popup trigger, |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 166 line 19: changed "specifies big" to "specifies how big" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 167 made the same change to line 4 and 5 |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 167 made the same change to line 4 and 5 |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 175 comment at top of page: changed "array or ints" to "array of |
ints" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 176 para. 3 line 4: changed "proided" to "provided" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 180 line 1 of code: changed "oreilly.beans.yesno" to |
"oreilly.beans" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 180 line 1 of code: changed "oreilly.beans.yesno" to |
"oreilly.beans" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 180 paragraph 3, line 2: changed "as a bean a" to "as a bean as" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 183 code 3 and 4, line 1 of both changed to |
"... oreilly/beans/yesno/MultiLineLabel.class" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 183 text para 1, line 5: changed "with c option" to "with the c |
option" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 189 line 2 of text para. 1: changed "ActionListener" to |
"AnswerListener" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 189 line 2 of text para. 1: changed "ActionListener" to |
"AnswerListener" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 199 changed the "Boolean Properties" section. It looks like this |
now: |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 199 changed the "Boolean Properties" section. It looks like this |
now: |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 211 next-to-last line: changed "cast" to "casts" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 211 next-to-last line: changed "cast" to "casts" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 218 text para. between code examples, last line: changed |
"messages the following" to "messages like the following" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 218 text para. between code examples, last line: changed |
"messages the following" to "messages like the following" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 220 Example 12-1, line 7: after "print_class(c);" added a new line, |
"System.exit(0);" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 232 changed "passed as an" to "passed an" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 233 para. -1, line 1: there should be only one "any" |
Anonymous | |||
Printed | Page 247 first example |
% jar cvf my.jar *.java images |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 249 changed "Where $JAVA is JDK" to "Where $JAVA is the JDK" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 254, 255 Options: changed "-author path" to "-author" and "-version |
path" to "-version" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 283 java.awt.AWTEventMultiCaster, para. 2, line 4: |
"...defines a quite a few methods" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 298 java.awt.Dialog, line 7: changed "hide()" to "setVisible(false)" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 305 java.awt.Frame, line 6: changed the sentence |
"Call the show() method of Window to make a frame appear on the screen |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 316 changed "loaded are are ready" to "loaded and are ready" |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 331 java.awt.TextField, line 2: changed "setEchoCharacter()" to |
"setEchoChar()" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 352 |
(352) line 9, fixed formatting |
Anonymous | Jul 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 358 last line of "WINDOW_CLOSING": changed "destroy()" to "dispose()" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 358 last line of "WINDOW_CLOSING": changed "destroy()" to "dispose()" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 358 In the desription of java.awt.event.WindowEvent, under |
"WINDOW_CLOSED", "destroy()" now reads "dispose()" |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 382 Figure 23-1 should say "java.util" instead of |
"java.io" in the bottom-left dotted rectangle. Note that the rectangle |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 418 text para. 2: changed "property" to "properly" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 467 para 1, line 2: changed "getInputStream" to "getErrorStream" |
in line 4, changed "getErrorStream" to "getInputStream" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 481 last line: changed "getInteger()" to "getInt()" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 481 last line: changed "getInteger()" to "getInt()" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 602 Deleted "Object class" entry near the bottom of the page. |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | ||
Printed | Page 603 |
Added page numbers to "Object class" entry so it now reads: |
Anonymous | Apr 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 604 changed entry for "print(), Applet class" to refer to p. 128 |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 611 next-to-last para.: made sentence in bold un-bold |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 611 next-to-last para.: made sentence in bold un-bold |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 611 fixed the too-fat lines; also, changed the first para. of the |
Colophon: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 1998 |