Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition

next( ), 459, 460, 730
nextAfter( ), 420
nextBoolean( ), 517
nextBytes( ), 517
nextDouble( ), 202, 517, 545, 547
nextElement( ), 487, 504
nextFloat( ), 517
nextGaussian( ), 517
nextInt( ), 517
nextLong( ), 517
nextToken( ), 504, 591
nextUp( ), 420
nextX( ) Scanner methods, 541, 543, 545, 547
table of, 543
NIO, 813, 815–825
copying a file using, 824–825
packages, list of, 815
reading a file using, 819–822
writing to a file using, 822–824
NORM_PRIORITY, 236, 422
NoSuchElementException, 444, 446, 465,
543, 549
NoSuchFieldException, 218
NoSuchMethodException, 218, 274
NOT operator
bitwise unary (~), 62, 63, 64–65
Boolean logical unary (!), 71, 72
notepad, 406–407, 408
notify( ), 181, 243, 245–246, 252, 413, 808
notifyAll( ), 181, 243, 413
notifyObservers( ), 518, 519
NotSerializableException, 596
null, 32
Null statement, 85
NullPointerException, 214, 218, 441, 443, 444,
445, 446, 458, 464, 465, 466, 481, 494, 550
Number class, 265, 386
NumberFormat class, 525, 840
NumberFormatException, 218, 266, 631

OO

Oak, 6
Object class, 181–182, 292, 316, 412
as data type, problems with using,
320–322, 485
methods, table of, 181, 412–413
Object reference variables
assigning, 111
declaring, 109
and cloning, 413

and dynamic method dispatch, 174–177

interface, 195–196

to superclass reference variable, assigning

subclass, 162

OBJECT tag, 618, 630

Object-oriented programming (OOP), 5, 6,

15–21

model in Java, 11

Object(s), 17, 105, 110

bitwise copy (clone) of, 413

creating, 107, 109–110

initialization with constructor, 117, 119

to method, passing, 133–134

monitor, implicit, 225, 239

as parameters, 130–132

returning, 134–135

serialization of.SeeSerialization

type at run time, determining, 300–302

Object.notify( ), 808

Object.wait( ), 808

ObjectInput interface, 595

methods defined by, table of, 595

ObjectInputStream class, 287, 595

methods defined by, table of, 596

ObjectOutput interface, 593

methods defined by, table of, 594

ObjectOutputStream class, 287, 593

methods defined by, table of, 594

Observable class, 518–522

methods, table of, 519

Observer interface, 518, 519–522

Octals, 40

as character values, 41

of( ), 458

offer( ), 446, 456

offerFirst( ), 446, 447, 452

offerLast( ), 446, 447, 452

offsetByCodePoints( ), 376, 383

openConnection( ), 607, 608, 610

Operator(s)

arithmetic, 57–62

assignment.SeeAssignment operator(s)

bitwise, 62–70

Boolean logical, 71–73

parentheses and, 74–75

precedence, table of, 75

relational, 39, 70–71

ternary, 73–74

OR operator (|)

bitwise, 62, 63, 64–65

Boolean, 71, 72

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