INDEX

access control

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alphabet

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package names, limited significance of, 115

data types,

see

 primitive types

protected

, details of, 100

term definition, 7

qualified names and, 99

ambiguity

standard exceptions,

See also

 names, ambiguous; scope

IllegalAccessException

, 210

avoiding, in fields with multiple inheritance,

term definition, 99

153

acos

 method

and

 method

of class

Math

, 519

of class

BitSet

, 621

actions

append

 method

See also

 methods

of class

StringBuffer

, 552

main memory subsystem

argument

lock, 401

See also

 parameters

read, 401

IllegalArgumentException

 class, 611

unlock, 401

lists, evaluation order, 309

write, 401

values, method invocation conversion

prescient store, with threads, 408

context, 66

thread

arithmetic

assign, 401

See also

 floating point; integers;

Math

 class;

load, 401

numbers; operators; primitive types

lock, 401

ArithmeticException

 class, 611

store, 401

integer division,

ArithmeticException

,

unlock, 401

307

use, 401

Math

 class, 517

threads, constraints on relationships among,

Number

 class, 487

403

operators, numeric promotion, specification,

activeCount

 method

72

of class

Thread

, 599

Random

 class, 646

of class

ThreadGroup

, 609

standard exceptions,

activeGroupCount

 method

ArithmeticException

, 209

of class

ThreadGroup

, 609

arrays

addElement

 method

See also

 classes; data structures

of class

Vector

, 657

access, 195

Addison, Joseph

, 143

expression evaluation order, 342

addObserver

 method

arraycopy

 method, of class

System

, 584

of class

Observable

, 643

ArrayStoreException

 class, 611

after

 method

assignment, expression evaluation order, 370

of class

Date

, 629

ByteArrayInputStream

 class, 689

algebraic identities

ByteArrayOutputStream

 class, 727

See also

 expressions; mathematical

(chapter), 193

functions

character, distinguished from strings, 199

limits on use of, 308

Class

allGroups

 methods

objects, 199

allGroupsCount

 method, of class

obtaining, example, 49

ThreadGroup

, 608

Cloneable

 interface implemented by, 198

of class

ThreadGroup

, 608

components

allThreads

 method

See also

 variables

of class

ThreadGroup

, 608

assignment, run time testing, 199, 303,

allThreadsCount

 method

370, 375

of class

ThreadGroup

, 608

default values, 46

alphabet

initialization, 194

See also

 syntax

as a kind of variable, 44

components,

see

 characters

type declaration, 194

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