You're reading from Learn Java 17 Programming Learn the fundamentals of Java Programming with this updated guide with the latest features

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803241432

Length 748 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Java design patterns

Concepts

Object Oriented Programming

Author (1):

Nick Samoylov

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Overview of Java Programming

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Java 17 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Java Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

4. Chapter 3: Java Fundamentals

5. Part 2: Building Blocks of Java

6. Chapter 4: Exception Handling

7. Chapter 5: Strings, Input/Output,and Files

8. Chapter 6: Data Structures, Generics, and Popular Utilities

9. Chapter 7: Java Standard and External Libraries

10. Chapter 8: Multithreading and Concurrent Processing

11. Chapter 9: JVM Structure and Garbage Collection

12. Chapter 10: Managing Data in a Database

13. Chapter 11: Network Programming

14. Chapter 12: Java GUI Programming

15. Part 3: Advanced Java

16. Chapter 13: Functional Programming

17. Chapter 14: Java Standard Streams

18. Chapter 15: Reactive Programming

19. Chapter 16: Java Microbenchmark Harness

20. Chapter 17: Best Practices for Writing High-Quality Code

21. Assessments

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3: Java Fundamentals

This chapter presents to you a more detailed view of Java as a language. It starts with code organization in packages and a description of accessibility levels of classes (interfaces) and their methods and properties (fields). Reference types, as the main types of a Java object-oriented nature, are also presented in detail, followed by a list of reserved and restricted keywords and a discussion of their usage. The chapter ends with the methods of conversion between different primitive types and from a primitive type to a corresponding reference type and back.

These are the fundamental terms and features of the Java language. The importance of understanding them cannot be overstated. Without them, you cannot write any Java program. So, try not to rush through this chapter and make sure you understand everything presented.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter: