Chapter 7
Exploring the Basic APIs Part 1
The standard class library’s java.lang and java.math packages provide many basic APIs, which are designed to support language features. You have already encountered a few of these APIs, such as the Object and String classes and the Throwable class hierarchy. In this chapter I introduce you to those basic library APIs that pertain to mathematics, string management, and packages.
Exploring the Math APIs
In Chapter 2 I presented Java’s +, -, *, /, and % operators for performing basic arithmetic on primitive-type values. Java also provides classes for performing trigonometry and other advanced math operations, representing monetary values accurately, and supporting extremely long integers for use in RSA ...
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