Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional steers
you through the maze of Java Standard Edition (SE) 6 features. The
first chapter sets the stage by introducing Java SE 6 in terms of
its name change, themes, an overview, and a sampling of new
features. It also briefly discusses the first two Java SE 6
updates.
The remaining nine chapters organize features into the following
categories: core libraries, GUI toolkits: AWT, GUI toolkits: Swing,
internationalization, Java Database Connectivity, monitoring and
management, networking, scripting, and security and web services.
While exploring these chapters, you will encounter a variety of
useful and interesting topics: introducing a new locale with its
own currency, creating a new JConsole plugin, creating a scripted
JEditorPane component, invoking and communicating with JavaFX
Script and JRuby scripts from a Java application that interacts
with the Scripting API, signing an arbitrary XML document and
validating a signed document's XML signature, and accessing an
existing web service are examples.
With a few exceptions, each of chapters 2 through 10
alphabetically organizes its topics for convenient access.
Furthermore, all 10 chapters end with a Test Your Understanding
section that provides questions and exercises to help you reinforce
your understanding of what you have read.
Additional features are covered in the first three appendices.
The first appendix introduces you to annotation types for
annotation processors, Common Annotations 1.0, and several tables
that conveniently organize additional annotation types that are new
to Java SE 6. The second appendix explores changes made to various
Java tools. For example, the Java compiler tool now supports
annotation processingyou'll learn how to take advantage of this
capability by writing your own annotation processor. Another
example: you'll learn how to interact with the commandline script
shell. The third appendix looks at a variety of performance
enhancements, ranging from a fix for the grayrect problem to
singlethreaded rendering.
The second-to-last appendix provides answers and code to all of
the questions and exercises in the various Test Your Understanding
sections. The final appendix anticipates Java SE 7 by looking at
features most likely to make the cut, including closures, the Java
Module System, and the Swing Application Framework.
By the time you finish this book, you will have mastered most of
what's new and improved in Java SE 6. Although a few features, such
as multiple gradient paints and an indepth look at StAX are not
covered, you will find a growing list of articles devoted to these
additional topics on the author's website (JavaJeff.mb.ca). Follow
the links at the bottom of the website's Articles page. Table of
Contents Introducing Java SE 6 Core Libraries GUI Toolkits: AWT GUI
Toolkits: Swing Internationalization Java Database Connectivity
Monitoring and Management Networking Scripting Security and Web
Services
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