Java Quick Syntax Reference

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Contents at a Glance
3. Contents
4. About the Author
5. Introduction
6. CHAPTER 1: Hello World
   1. Installing
   2. Creating a project
   3. Hello world
   4. Code hints
7. CHAPTER 2: Compile and Run
   1. Running from the IDE
   2. Running from a console window
   3. Comments
8. CHAPTER 3: Variables
   1. Data types
   2. Declaring variables
   3. Assigning variables
   4. Using variables
   5. Integer types
   6. Floating-point types
   7. Char type
   8. Boolean type
   9. Variable scope
   10. Anonymous block
9. CHAPTER 4: Operators
   1. Arithmetic operators
   2. Assignment operators
   3. Combined assignment operators
   4. Increment and decrement operators
   5. Comparison operators
   6. Logical operators
   7. Bitwise operators
   8. Operator precedence
10. CHAPTER 5: String
    1. Combining strings
    2. Escape characters
    3. String compare
    4. StringBuffer class
11. CHAPTER 6: Arrays
    1. Array declaration
    2. Array allocation
    3. Array assignment
    4. Multi-dimensional arrays
    5. ArrayList class
12. CHAPTER 7: Conditionals
    1. If statement
    2. Switch statement
    3. Ternary operator
13. CHAPTER 8: Loops
    1. While loop
    2. Do-while loop
    3. For loop
    4. Foreach loop
    5. Break and continue
    6. Labeled block
14. CHAPTER 9: Methods
    1. Defining methods
    2. Calling methods
    3. Method parameters
    4. Return statement
    5. Method overloading
    6. Passing arguments
15. CHAPTER 10: Class
    1. Object creation
    2. Accessing object members
    3. Constructor
    4. This keyword
    5. Constructor overloading
    6. Constructor chaining
    7. Initial field values
    8. Default constructor
    9. Null
    10. Default values
    11. Garbage collector
16. CHAPTER 11: Static
    1. Accessing static members
    2. Static methods
    3. Static fields
    4. Static initialization blocks
    5. Instance Initialization blocks
17. CHAPTER 12: Inheritance
    1. Object
    2. Upcasting
    3. Downcasting
    4. Instanceof operator
18. CHAPTER 13: Overriding
    1. Overriding members
    2. Override annotation
    3. Hiding members
    4. Preventing method inheritance
    5. Accessing overridden methods
    6. Calling parent constructor
19. CHAPTER 14: Packages and Import
    1. Import specific class
    2. Import package
    3. Import static
20. CHAPTER 15: Access Levels
    1. Private access
    2. Package-private access
    3. Protected access
    4. Public access
    5. Top-level access
    6. Nested class access
    7. Access level guideline
21. CHAPTER 16: Constants
    1. Local constants
    2. Constant fields
    3. Constant method parameters
    4. Compile-time and run-time constants
    5. Constant guideline
22. CHAPTER 17: Interface
    1. Interface members
    2. Interface example
    3. Functionality interface
    4. Class interface
    5. Interface classes
23. CHAPTER 18: Abstract
    1. Abstract class example
    2. Abstract classes and interfaces
    3. Abstract class and interface guideline
24. CHAPTER 19: Enum
    1. Enum example
    2. Enum class
25. CHAPTER 20: Exception Handling
    1. Try-catch
    2. Catch block
    3. Finally block
    4. Throwing exceptions
    5. Checked and unchecked exceptions
    6. Exception hierarchy
26. CHAPTER 21: Boxing and Unboxing
    1. Autoboxing and autounboxing
    2. Primitive and wrapper guideline
27. CHAPTER 22: Generics
    1. Generic classes
    2. Generic methods
    3. Calling generic methods
    4. Generic interfaces
    5. Generic type parameters
    6. Generic variable usages
    7. Bounded type parameters
    8. Generics and Object
28. Index