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A

abrupt completion

See completion, abrupt

abs method

of class Math, 526

abstract modifier

See also declarations; modifiers

AbstractMethodError class, 611

classes

binary compatibility considerations, 242

declaration of, 131

definition and characteristics, 131

direct superinterface relationship to, 136

interfaces, implicit for every, 184

methods

binary compatibility considerations, 254

classes, 158

declaration examples, 158, 159, 190

interfaces, 189

overloading, 190, 191

overriding, 189, 190

semicolon as body of, 164

reasons why constructors cannot be declared as, 178

accept method

of interface FilenameFilter, 759

access

See also scope

accessibility

determining, 99

term definition, 99

accessible, term definition, 99

array, 195

expression evaluation order, 342

constructor, binary compatibility considerations, 248

of fields, expression evaluation, 319

access

inheritance of class members, example

default, 140

private, 141

protected, 141

public, 141

interface member names, 186

to members of a package, 120

method, binary compatibility considerations, 248

non-public class instances, through public superclasses and superinterfaces, 142

overridden methods, using super keyword, 165

qualified

See also field access expressions; method invocation expressions

term definition, 99

threads, volatile fields use for, 147

access control

See also security

classes, example, 100, 101

constructors

default, example, 102

private, example, 105

protected, example, 104

public, example, 103

fields

default, example, 102

private, example, 105

protected, example, 104

public, example, 103

IllegalAccessError class, 611

IllegalAccessException class, 611

methods

default, example, 102

private, example, 105

protected, example, 104

public, example, 103

access control

package names, limited significance of, 115

protected, details of, 100

qualified names and, 99

standard exceptions, IllegalAccessException, 210

term definition, 99

acos method

of class Math, 519

actions

See also methods

main memory subsystem

lock, 401

read, 401

unlock, 401

write, 401

prescient store, with threads, 408

thread

assign, 401

load, 401

lock, 401

store, 401

unlock, 401

use, 401

threads, constraints on relationships among, 403

activeCount method

of class Thread, 599

of class ThreadGroup, 609

activeGroupCount method

of class ThreadGroup, 609

addElement method

of class Vector, 657

Addison, Joseph, 143

addObserver method

of class Observable, 643

after method

of class Date, 629

algebraic identities

See also expressions; mathematical functions

limits on use of, 308

allGroups methods

allGroupsCount method, of class ThreadGroup, 608

of class ThreadGroup, 608

allThreads method

of class ThreadGroup, 608

allThreadsCount method

of class ThreadGroup, 608

alphabet

See also syntax

components, see characters

alphabet

data types, see primitive types

term definition, 7

ambiguity

See also names, ambiguous; scope

avoiding, in fields with multiple inheritance, 153

and method

of class BitSet, 621

append method

of class StringBuffer, 552

argument

See also parameters

IllegalArgumentException class, 611

lists, evaluation order, 309

values, method invocation conversion context, 66

arithmetic

See also floating-point; integers; Math class; numbers; operators; primitive types

ArithmeticException class, 611

integer division, ArithmeticException, 307

Math class, 517

Number class, 487

operators, numeric promotion, specification, 72

Random class, 646

standard exceptions, ArithmeticException, 209

arrays

See also classes; data structures

access, 195

expression evaluation order, 342

arraycopy method, of class System, 584

ArrayStoreException class, 611

assignment, expression evaluation order, 370

ByteArrayInputStream class, 689

ByteArrayOutputStream class, 727

(chapter), 193

character, distinguished from strings, 199

Class

objects, 199

obtaining, example, 49

Cloneable interface implemented by, 198

components

See also variables

assignment, run-time testing, 199, 303, 370, 375

default values, 46

initialization, 194

as a kind of variable, 44

type declaration, 194

arrays

creation, 195, 38

expression evaluation, 315

order, 316

order, example, 318

out-of-memory detection, example, 319

example, 196

grammar specification difficulties, 438

indexing of, 195

IndexOutOfBoundsException class, 611

initialization, 195, 196

LALR(1) grammar productions, 446

members, 197, 88

names, fully qualified, 106

NegativeArraySizeException class, 611

Object as superclass of, 199

origin, 195

standard exceptions

ArrayStoreException, 199, 209

IndexOutOfBoundsException, 209

NegativeArraySizeException, 209

variables

declaration, 194

initialization, 194

ASCII characters

See also characters; Unicode character set

Unicode character set relationship to, 11

asin method

of class Math, 519

assignment

See also fields; initialization

array, expression evaluation order, 370, 375

assignable to, term definition, 61

compatible, term definition, 61

compound

evaluation order, 305

operators, evaluation, 375

conversion context, specification, 52, 61

definite, (chapter), 383

expressions

boolean, definite assignment, 390

definite assignment, 391

as statements, 272

operation, to change value of primitive value, 31

simple operators, evaluation, 370

atan method

of class Math, 520

atan2 method

of class Math, 520

@author tag

specification, 421

available method

of class BufferedInputStream, 701

of class ByteArrayInputStream, 691

of class FileInputStream, 686

of class FilterInputStream, 697

of class InputStream, 682

of class LineNumberInputStream, 708

of class PushbackInputStream, 711

of class StringBufferInputStream, 693

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