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suffixes for the time and date, table of,

531–532

table of, 528

uppercase versions of, 537–538

Format flags, 535–537

format( ), 376, 526–528, 576, 587, 588, 840

Formattable interface, 553

FormattableFlags class, 553

Formatter class, 525–539, 575

constructors, 526

methods, table of, 527

See alsoFormat conversion specifiers

forName( ), 415, 833

FORTRAN, 4, 5

Frame class, 664, 666, 667–668, 669

Frame window(s), 667–676

creating stand-alone, 674–676

handling events in, 670–674

within applet, creating, 668–670

Frank, Ed, 6

freeMemory( ), 404, 405–406

FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 600, 605, 966

Future interface, 788, 804–805

GG

Garbage collection, 12, 121, 122, 135, 405,

435, 763

gc( ), 404, 405–406, 409

Generic class

example program with one type parameter,

316–319

example program with two type

parameters, 322–324

general form, 324

hierarchies, 342–349

and instanceof, 345–348

overriding methods in a, 348–349

Generic constructors, 336–337

Generic interfaces, 316, 337–339

and classes, 338–339

Generic method, 316, 334–336. 355

Generics, 13, 14, 267, 315–356

and ambiguity errors, 353–354

and arrays, 355–356

and casts, 316

and the Collections Framework, 315, 439,

484–487, 501

and compatibility with pre-generics code,

339–342, 349

and exception classes, 356

restrictions on using, 354–356

type checking and, 319, 320–322

GenericServlet class, 910, 912, 914, 921

get( ), 443, 453, 464, 465, 468, 493, 494, 495, 505,

510, 612, 804–805, 807, 811

and buffers, 817

getActionCommand( ), 641, 704, 714, 883, 890

getAddListenerMethod( ), 854

getAddress( ), 602, 614

getAdjustable( ), 641

getAdjustmentType( ), 642, 717

getAlignment( ), 703

getAllByName( ), 601, 602

getAllFonts( ), 688

getAndSet( ), 789, 811, 812

getAnnotation( ), 274, 278, 415, 430

getAnnotations( ), 277, 278, 416, 430

getApplet( ), 635

getAppletContext( ), 618, 634

getApplets( ), 635

getAscent( ), 692, 693

getAttribute, 913, 914, 919, 927

getAttributeNames( ), 919, 927

getAudioClip( ), 618–619, 635

getAvailableFontFamilyNames( ), 687–688

getBackground( ), 624

getBeanInfo( ), 853

getBlue( ), 683

getButton(), 647

getByAddress( ), 602

getByName( ), 601

getBytes( ), 366, 566

getCause( ), 219, 221

getChannel( ), 818, 819, 821

getChars( ), 365–366, 379–380, 581

getChild( ), 643

getClass( ), 181, 273, 413, 415, 417–418, 835

getClickCount( ), 646

getCodeBase( ), 619, 633

getColor( ), 684

getComponent( ), 642

getConstructor( ), 274, 416

getConstructors( ), 416, 833

getContainer( ), 642–663

getContentLength( ), 607

getContentPane( ), 867, 870

getContents( ), 551

getContentType( ), 607, 608

getCookies( ), 918, 926

getData( ), 614

getDate( ), 607, 608

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