Java Language Specification

Author(s): James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha

Keyword(s): cs; proglang; dissertation; for-andy; macros

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The Java™ Language Specification 11
Preface 2323
Preface to the Second Edition 2727
Preface to the Third Edition 3131
Introduction 3535
- 1.1 Example Programs 3939
- 1.2 Notation 4040
- 1.3 Relationship to Predefined Classes and Interfaces 4040
- 1.4 References 4040
Grammars 4343
- 2.1 Context-Free Grammars 4343
- 2.2 The Lexical Grammar 4343
- 2.3 The Syntactic Grammar 4444
- 2.4 Grammar Notation 4444
Lexical Structure 4747
- 3.1 Unicode 4747
- 3.2 Lexical Translations 4848
- 3.3 Unicode Escapes 4949
- 3.4 Line Terminators 5050
- 3.5 Input Elements and Tokens 5151
- 3.6 White Space 5252
- 3.7 Comments 5252
- 3.8 Identifiers 5353
- 3.9 Keywords 5555
- 3.10 Literals 5555
- 3.11 Separators 6565
- 3.12 Operators 6565
Types, Values, and Variables 6767
- 4.1 The Kinds of Types and Values 6868
- 4.2 Primitive Types and Values 6969
- 4.3 Reference Types and Values 7878
- 4.4 Type Variables 8383
- 4.5 Parameterized Types 8585
- 4.6 Type Erasure 9090
- 4.7 Reifiable Types 9090
- 4.8 Raw Types 9191
- 4.9 Intersection Types 9696
- 4.10 Subtyping 9797
- 4.11 Where Types Are Used 9999
- 4.12 Variables 101101
Conversions and Promotions 111111
- 5.1 Kinds of Conversion 114114
- 5.2 Assignment Conversion 127127
- 5.3 Method Invocation Conversion 133133
- 5.4 String Conversion 135135
- 5.5 Casting Conversion 135135
- 5.6 Numeric Promotions 142142
- - 5.6.1 Unary Numeric Promotion 142142
  - 5.6.2 Binary Numeric Promotion 144144
Names 147147
- 6.1 Declarations 148148
- 6.2 Names and Identifiers 149149
- 6.3 Scope of a Declaration 151151
- - 6.3.1 Shadowing Declarations 153153
  - 6.3.2 Obscured Declarations 156156
- 6.4 Members and Inheritance 156156
- 6.5 Determining the Meaning of a Name 160160
- 6.6 Access Control 172172
- 6.7 Fully Qualified Names and Canonical Names 179179
- 6.8 Naming Conventions 180180
Packages 187187
- 7.1 Package Members 188188
- 7.2 Host Support for Packages 189189
- - 7.2.1 Storing Packages in a File System 189189
  - 7.2.2 Storing Packages in a Database 191191
- 7.3 Compilation Units 191191
- 7.4 Package Declarations 192192
- 7.5 Import Declarations 194194
- 7.6 Top Level Type Declarations 200200
- 7.7 Unique Package Names 203203
Classes 207207
- 8.1 Class Declaration 209209
- 8.2 Class Members 224224
- - 8.2.1 Examples of Inheritance 226226
- 8.3 Field Declarations 230230
- 8.4 Method Declarations 243243

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The Java™ Language Specification
- The Java™ Language Specification (1-23)
  Keyword(s): cs; proglang; dissertation; for-andy; macros
  
  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Preface
- Preface (23-27)
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  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition (27-31)
  Keyword(s): cs; proglang; dissertation; for-andy; macros
  
  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition (31-35)
  Keyword(s): cs; proglang; dissertation; for-andy; macros
  
  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Introduction
- Introduction (35-43)
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  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Grammars
- Grammars (43-47)
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  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Lexical Structure
- Lexical Structure (47-67)
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  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Types, Values, and Variables
- Types, Values, and Variables (67-111)
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  Authors: James Gosling; Bill Joy; Guy L. Steele; Gilad Bracha
Conversions and Promotions
- Conversions and Promotions (111-147)
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Names
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Packages
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Classes
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Interfaces
- Interfaces (293-321)
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Arrays
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Exceptions
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Execution
- Execution (343-367)
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Binary Compatibility
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Blocks and Statements
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Expressions
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The Java™ Language Specification

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Introduction

Grammars

Lexical Structure

Types, Values, and Variables

Conversions and Promotions

Names

Packages

Classes

Interfaces

Arrays

Exceptions

Execution

Binary Compatibility

Blocks and Statements

Expressions