Core Java : Advanced Features

In this; the second volume of the Core Java reference; Horstmann; a computer science professor and Cornell; a teacher of programming professionals; present advanced topics that emphasize skills needed for professional software development. There is a chapter each on the following: advanced Swing; especially its tree; table; list; text components; and progress indicators; advanced features of AWT and the Java 2D API; streams and files; parsing and writing XML files; networking; database programming; internationalization; JavaBeans; program security including the use of certificates; digital signatures; user authentication; code signing; and encryption; scripting engines and the compiler API; specifically how to find and use scripting engines within a Java program and how to use the compiler API to create dynamic Java code respectively. The volume ends with a chapter each on using objects distributed over a network and calling native code methods from Java. There are many b&w figures throughout mostly showing screenshots of example programs. The index is 68 pages long and is extremely detailed. Annotation ©2013 Book News; Inc.; Portland; OR (booknews.com) Buy now the item at ONLY: 86.99