Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell

Conventions Used in This Book

We use the following formatting conventions in this book:

Italic

Used for emphasis and to signify the first use of a term. Italic is also used for

commands, email addresses, web sites, FTP sites, file and directory names,

and newsgroups.

Bold

Occasionally used to refer to particular keys on a computer keyboard or to

portions of a user interface, such as the Back button or the Options menu.

Letter Gothic

Used in all Java code and generally for anything that you would type literally

when programming, including keywords, data types, constants, method

names, variables, class names, and interface names.

Letter Gothic Oblique

Used for the names of function arguments and generally as a placeholder to

indicate an item that should be replaced with an actual value in your pro-

gram.

Franklin Gothic Book Condensed

Used for the Java class synopses in the quick-refer ence section. This very nar-

row font allows us to fit a lot of information on the page without a lot of dis-

tracting line breaks. This font is also used for code entities in the descriptions

in the quick-refer ence section.

Franklin Gothic Demi Condensed

Used for highlighting class, method, field, property, and constructor names in

the quick-refer ence section, which makes it easier to scan the class synopses.

Franklin Gothic Book Compressed Italic

Used for method parameter names and comments in the quick-refer ence sec-

tion. ...