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Core Java, Volume II: Advanced Features, 14th Edition

Name: Core Java, Volume II: Advanced Features, 14th Edition
Author: Cay S. Horstmann
ISBN: 9780135558775

by Cay S. Horstmann

November 2025

Intermediate to advanced

852 pages

26h

English

Pearson

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Preface
To the Reader A Tour of This Book Conventions
Acknowledgments
1. Streams
1.1. From Iterating to Stream Operations1.2. Stream Creation1.3. The filter, map, and flatMap Methods1.4. Extracting Substreams and Combining Streams1.5. Other Stream Transformations1.6. Simple Reductions1.7. The Optional Type1.7.1. Getting an Optional Value1.7.2. Consuming an Optional Value1.7.3. Pipelining Optional Values1.7.4. How Not to Work with Optional Values1.7.5. Creating Optional Values1.7.6. Composing Optional Value Functions with flatMap1.7.7. Turning an Optional into a Stream1.8. Collecting Results1.9. Collectors1.9.1. Collecting into Collections1.9.2. Collecting into Maps1.9.3. Grouping and Partitioning1.9.4. Downstream Collectors1.9.5. Implementing Collectors1.10. Reduction Operations1.11. Gatherers1.11.1. Predefined Gatherers1.11.2. Implementing Gatherers1.12. Primitive Type Streams1.13. Parallel Streams
2. Input and Output
2.1. Input/Output Streams2.1.1. Reading and Writing Bytes2.1.2. The Complete Stream Zoo 2.1.3. Combining Input/Output Stream Filters2.1.4. Text Input and Output2.1.5. How to Read Text Input2.1.6. How to Write Text Output2.1.7. Saving Objects in Text Format2.1.8. Character Encodings2.1.9. Default Character Encodings2.1.10. Reading Character Input2.2. Reading and Writing Binary Data2.2.1. The DataInput and DataOutput Interfaces2.2.2. Random-Access Files2.2.3. ZIP Archives2.3. Working with Files2.3.1. Paths2.3.2. Reading and Writing Files2.3.3. Creating Files and Directories2.3.4. Copying, Moving, and Deleting Files2.3.5. Getting File Information2.3.6. Visiting Directory Entries2.3.7. Glob Patterns2.3.8. Directory Streams2.3.9. ZIP File Systems2.4. Memory-Mapped Files2.4.1. Memory-Mapped File Performance2.4.2. The Buffer Data Structure2.5. File Locking2.6. Object Input/Output Streams and Serialization2.6.1. Saving and Loading Serializable Objects2.6.2. Understanding the Object Serialization File Format2.6.3. Transient Fields2.6.4. The readObject and writeObject Methods2.6.5. The readExternal and writeExternal Methods2.6.6. The readResolve and writeReplace Methods2.6.7. Versioning2.6.8. Deserialization and Security2.6.9. Using Serialization for Cloning2.7. Regular Expressions2.7.1. The Regular Expression Syntax2.7.2. Testing a Match2.7.3. Finding All Matches in a String2.7.4. Groups2.7.5. Splitting along Delimiters2.7.6. Replacing Matches2.7.7. Flags
3. XML
3.1. Introducing XML3.2. The Structure of an XML Document3.3. Parsing an XML Document3.4. Validating XML Documents3.4.1. Document Type Definitions3.4.2. XML Schema3.4.3. A Practical Example3.5. Locating Information with XPath3.6. Using Namespaces3.7. Streaming Parsers3.7.1. Using the SAX Parser3.7.2. Using the StAX Parser3.8. Generating XML Documents3.8.1. Documents without Namespaces3.8.2. Documents with Namespaces3.8.3. Writing Documents3.8.4. Writing an XML Document with StAX3.9. XSL Transformations
4. Networking
4.1. Connecting to a Server4.1.1. Using Telnet4.1.2. Connecting to a Server with Java4.1.3. Socket Timeouts4.1.4. Internet Addresses4.2. Implementing Servers4.2.1. Server Sockets4.2.2. Serving Multiple Clients4.2.3. Half-Close4.2.4. Interruptible Sockets4.2.5. Secure Socket Communication4.3. Getting Web Data4.3.1. URLs and URIs4.3.2. Using a URLConnection to Retrieve Information4.3.3. Posting Form Data4.4. The HTTP Client4.4.1. The HttpClient Class4.4.2. The HttpRequest class and Body Publishers4.4.3. The HttpResponse Interface and Body Handlers4.4.4. Asynchronous Processing4.5. The Simple HTTP Server4.5.1. The Command-Line Tool4.5.2. The HTTP Server API4.5.3. Handlers4.5.4. Filters4.6. Sending E-Mail
5. Database Programming
5.1. The Design of JDBC5.1.1. JDBC Driver Types5.1.2. Typical Uses of JDBC5.2. The Structured Query Language5.3. JDBC Configuration5.3.1. Database URLs5.3.2. Driver JAR Files5.3.3. Starting the Database5.3.4. Connecting to the Database5.4. Working with JDBC Statements5.4.1. Executing SQL Statements5.4.2. Managing Connections, Statements, and Result Sets5.4.3. Analyzing SQL Exceptions5.4.4. Populating a Database5.5. Query Execution5.5.1. Prepared Statements5.5.2. Reading and Writing LOBs5.5.3. SQL Escapes5.5.4. Multiple Results5.5.5. Retrieving Autogenerated Keys5.6. Scrollable and Updatable Result Sets5.6.1. Scrollable Result Sets5.6.2. Updatable Result Sets5.7. Row Sets5.7.1. Constructing Row Sets5.7.2. Cached Row Sets5.8. Metadata5.9. Transactions5.9.1. Programming Transactions with JDBC5.9.2. Save Points5.9.3. Batch Updates5.9.4. Advanced SQL Types5.10. Connection Management in Web and Enterprise Applications
6. The Date and Time API
6.1. The Time Line6.2. Local Dates6.3. Date Adjusters6.4. Local Time6.5. Zoned Time6.6. Formatting and Parsing6.7. Interoperating with Legacy Code
7. Internationalization
7.1. Locales7.1.1. Why Locales?7.1.2. Specifying Locales7.1.3. The Default Locale7.1.4. Display Names7.2. Number Formats7.2.1. Formatting Numeric Values7.2.2. The DecimalFormat Class7.2.3. Currencies7.3. Date and Time7.4. Collation and Normalization7.5. Message Formatting7.5.1. Formatting Numbers and Dates7.5.2. Choice Formats7.6. Text Boundaries7.7. Text Input and Output7.7.1. Text Files7.7.2. Line Endings7.7.3. The Console7.7.4. The UTF-8 Byte Order Mark7.7.5. Character Encoding of Source Files7.8. Resource Bundles7.8.1. Locating Resource Bundles7.8.2. Property Files7.8.3. Bundle Classes7.9. A Complete Example
8. Compiling and Scripting
8.1. The Compiler API8.1.1. Invoking the Compiler8.1.2. Launching a Compilation Task8.1.3. Capturing Diagnostics8.1.4. Reading Source Files from Memory8.1.5. Writing Byte Codes to Memory8.1.6. An Example: Dynamic Java Code Generation8.2. Scripting for the Java Platform8.2.1. Getting a Scripting Engine8.2.2. Script Evaluation and Bindings8.2.3. Redirecting Input and Output8.2.4. Calling Scripting Functions and Methods8.2.5. Compiling a Script8.2.6. An Example: Script Sheets

9. Security
9.1. Class Loaders9.1.1. The Class-Loading Process9.1.2. The Class Loader Hierarchy9.1.3. Using Class Loaders as Namespaces9.1.4. Writing Your Own Class Loader9.1.5. Bytecode Verification9.2. User Authentication9.2.1. The JAAS Framework9.2.2. JAAS Login Modules9.3. Digital Signatures9.3.1. Message Digests9.3.2. Password Hashing9.3.3. Message Signing9.3.4. Verifying a Signature9.3.5. The Authentication Problem9.3.6. Certificate Signing9.3.7. Code Signing9.4. Encryption9.4.1. Symmetric Ciphers9.4.2. Key Generation9.4.3. Cipher Streams9.4.4. Public Key Ciphers
10. Graphical User Interface Programming
10.1. A History of Java User Interface Toolkits10.2. Displaying Frames10.2.1. Creating a Frame10.2.2. Frame Properties10.3. Displaying Information in a Component10.3.1. Working with 2D Shapes10.3.2. Using Color10.3.3. Using Fonts10.3.4. Displaying Images10.4. Event Handling10.4.1. Basic Event Handling Concepts10.4.2. Example: Handling a Button Click10.4.3. Specifying Listeners Concisely10.4.4. Adapter Classes10.4.5. Actions10.4.6. Mouse Events10.4.7. The AWT Event Hierarchy10.5. The Preferences API
11. User Interface Components with Swing
11.1. Swing and the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern11.2. Introduction to Layout Management11.2.1. Layout Managers11.2.2. Border Layout11.2.3. Grid Layout11.3. Text Input11.3.1. Text Fields11.3.2. Labels and Labeling Components11.3.3. Password Fields11.3.4. Text Areas11.3.5. Scroll Panes11.4. Choice Components11.4.1. Checkboxes11.4.2. Radio Buttons11.4.3. Borders11.4.4. Combo Boxes11.4.5. Sliders11.5. Menus11.5.1. Menu Building11.5.2. Icons in Menu Items11.5.3. Checkbox and Radio Button Menu Items11.5.4. Pop-Up Menus11.5.5. Keyboard Mnemonics and Accelerators11.5.6. Enabling and Disabling Menu Items11.5.7. Toolbars11.5.8. Tooltips11.6. The Grid Bag Layout11.6.1. Grid Bag Basics11.6.2. The gridx, gridy, gridwidth, and gridheight Parameters11.6.3. Weight Fields11.6.4. The fill and anchor Parameters11.6.5. Padding11.6.6. Alternative Method to Specify the gridx, gridy, gridwidth, and gridheight Parameters11.6.7. A Grid Bag Layout Recipe11.6.8. A Helper Class to Tame the Grid Bag Constraints11.7. Custom Layout Managers11.8. Dialog Boxes11.8.1. Option Panes11.8.2. Creating Dialogs11.8.3. Data Exchange11.8.4. File Dialogs
12. Advanced Swing and Graphics
12.1. Tables12.1.1. A Simple Table12.1.2. Table Models12.2. Working with Rows and Columns12.2.1. Column Classes12.2.2. Accessing Table Columns12.2.3. Resizing Columns12.2.4. Resizing Rows12.2.5. Selecting Rows, Columns, and Cells12.2.6. Sorting Rows12.2.7. Filtering Rows12.2.8. Hiding and Displaying Columns12.3. Cell Rendering and Editing12.3.1. Rendering Cells12.3.2. Rendering the Header12.3.3. Editing Cells12.3.4. Custom Editors12.4. Trees12.4.1. Simple Trees12.4.2. Editing Trees and Tree Paths12.4.3. Node Enumeration12.4.4. Rendering Nodes12.4.5. Listening to Tree Events12.4.6. Custom Tree Models12.5. Advanced AWT12.5.1. The Rendering Pipeline12.5.2. The Shape Class Hierarchy12.5.3. Constructing Shapes12.5.4. Areas12.5.5. Strokes12.5.6. Paint12.5.7. Coordinate Transformations12.5.8. Clipping12.5.9. Transparency and Composition12.6. Raster Images12.6.1. Readers and Writers for Images12.6.2. Obtaining Readers and Writers for Image File Types12.6.3. Reading and Writing Files with Multiple Images12.6.4. Image Manipulation12.6.5. Filtering Images12.7. Printing12.7.1. Graphics Printing12.7.2. Multiple-Page Printing12.7.3. Print Services12.7.4. Stream Print Services12.7.5. Printing Attributes
13. The Foreign Functions and Memory API
13.1. Using JNI to Call C Code from a Java Program13.2. Using FFM to Call a Foreign Function13.3. Arenas13.4. Memory Segments13.5. Memory Layout13.6. Looking Up and Invoking Foreign Functions13.7. Callbacks13.8. Advanced Topics13.8.1. Accessing Memory With Variable Handles13.8.2. Calling a Foreign Varargs Function13.8.3. Capturing errno
Index

Overview

The Classic Guide to Advanced Java Programming--Fully Updated for Java 25

Core Java is the leading no-nonsense tutorial and reference for experienced programmers who want to write robust Java code for real-world applications. Now, Core Java, Volume II: Advanced Features, Fourteenth Edition, has been revised to cover the new features and enhancements introduced in Java 25. As always, all chapters have been completely updated, outdated material has been removed, and the new APIs are covered in detail.

This volume focuses on the advanced topics that a programmer needs to know for professional software development and includes authoritative coverage of enterprise programming, networking, databases, security, modularization, internationalization, code processing, and native methods, as well as complete chapters on the Streams, XML, and Date and Time APIs. In addition, the chapters on Swing and Graphics cover techniques that are applicable to both client-side user interfaces and server-side generation of graphics and images.

Cay S. Horstmann clearly explains sophisticated new features with depth and completeness and demonstrates how to use them to build professional-quality applications. Horstmann's thoroughly tested sample code reflects modern Java style and best practices. The examples are carefully crafted for easy understanding and maximum practical value, so you can rely on them to jump-start your own programs.

Master advanced techniques, idioms, and best practices for writing reliable Java code
Make the most of enhanced Java I/O APIs, object serialization, and regular expressions
Connect to network services, harvest web data with the HTTP/2 client, and serve data with the built-in web server or implement your own server
Process code via the Scripting and Compiler APIs
Deepen your understanding of the Java Platform Module System, including recent refinements
Leverage the Java security model, user authentication, and the security librarys cryptographic functions
Preview powerful new APIs for accessing "foreign" functions and memory
New Java 25 features include stream gatherers, Foreign Function, and Memory API.

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