Lock interface, 789, 808
methods, table of, 809
lock( ), 789, 808, 809
lockInterruptibly( ), 809
Locks, 808–811
log( )
math method, 419
servlet method, 913, 914
log10( ), 419
log1p( ), 419
Logical operators
bitwise, 63–65
Boolean, 71–73
long, 33, 34, 35–36
literal, 40
Long class, 265, 390, 396, 397
methods, table of, 395
longValue( ), 265, 386, 388, 389, 391, 392,
393, 395
Look and feels, 861
lookup( ), 838
loop( ), 635
Loop(s)
do-while, 86–88
for.Seefor loop
infinite, 92
nested, 97–98, 99–100, 101
with polling, event, 224, 242–243
while, 84–86
Low surrogate char, 401
MM
main( ), 23–24, 106, 138, 141
and applets, 24, 297, 299, 617
and the java application launcher, 23–24
and command-line arguments, 24, 150–151
and Swing programs, 867–868
and windowed applications, 676
main (default name of main thread), 227
MalformedURLException, 606
Map interface, 464–465, 467, 468, 472, 493, 494
methods, table of, 465
map( ), 818, 821, 823
Map(s), 439, 464–472
classes, 468–472
interfaces, 464–467
Map.Entry interface, 464, 467
methods, table of, 467
MappedByteBuffer class, 817, 821
mark( ), 562, 563, 564, 567, 570, 572, 580,
584, 816
markSupported( ), 562, 563, 570, 572, 579,
580, 584
Matcher class, 825, 826–827
matcher( ), 826
matches( ), 376, 826, 828, 833
Math class, 42, 128, 418–421
rounding methods, table of, 420
and static import example, 309–311
max( ), 420, 477, 480
MAX_EXPONENT, 387
MAX_PRIORITY, 236, 422
MAX_RADIX, 398
MAX_VALUE, 387, 391, 398
MediaTracker class, 665, 755, 762–765
Member, class, 17, 106
access and inheritance, 159–160
access, table of, 187
static, 141
Member interface, 436, 833
Memory
allocation using new, 49, 50, 109–110
management, in Java, 12
and Runtime class, 405–406
MemoryImageSource class, 765–767, 770
Menu bars and menus, 701, 737–742
action command string of, 738
Menu class, 737, 738
MenuBar class, 737, 738
MenuItem class, 737, 738
MessageFormat class, 525
Metadata, 272
See alsoAnnotation(s)
Method class, 274, 277, 278, 436, 833–834,
835, 854
Method(s), 17, 106, 111–120
abstract, 177–180
and autoboxing, 267–268
calling, 113, 115
dispatch, dynamic, 174–177
and the dot (.) operator, 107, 114
factory, 601
final, 143, 180
general form, 112
generic, 316, 334–336, 355
getter, 848
hidden, using super to access, 166–167, 172
interface, 193, 194
native, 302–306Index 1013