Java: The Complete Reference, Thirteenth Edition

The definitive guide to Java programming—thoroughly revised for Java SE 21

Fully updated for Java SE 21, Java™: The Complete Reference, Thirteenth Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Best-selling programming author Herb Schildt and Dr. Danny Coward cover the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles. You’ll also find information on key portions of the Java API library, such as I/O, the Collections Framework, the stream library, and the concurrency utilities. Swing, JavaBeans, and servlets are examined, and numerous examples demonstrate Java in action.

Recent additions to the Java platform, such as pattern matching in switch statements, record patterns, sequenced collections and virtual threads are also discussed in detail. Best of all, the book is written in the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Schildt and Coward the choice of millions worldwide.

Coverage includes:

Data types, variables, arrays, and operators

Control statements

Classes, objects, and methods

Method overloading and overriding

Inheritance

Interfaces and packages

Exception handling

Multithreaded programming, including virtual threads

Enumerations, autoboxing, and annotations

The I/O classes

Generics

Lambda expressions

Modules

Records

Sealed classes

Text blocks

switch expressions, including with pattern matching

Pattern matching with instance of including with records

String handling

The Collections Framework

Networking

Event handling

AWT

Swing

The Concurrent API

The Stream API

Regular expressions

JavaBeans

Servlets

Much, much more