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overloading, 125–130, 154–156, 173

overriding.SeeOverriding, method

and parameters, 112, 115–117

passing object to, 133–134

recursive, 135–137

resolution, dynamic, 193

returning object from, 134–135

returning a value from, 114–115

scope defined by, 43–45

setter, 848

static, 141–143

synchronized, 225, 239–241

varargs.SeeVarargs

MethodDescriptor class, 850, 851, 853, 854

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail

Extensions), 611, 612, 907, 910

min( ), 420, 477, 480

minimumLayoutSize( ), 723

MIN_EXPONENT, 387

MIN_NORMAL, 387

MIN_PRIORITY, 236, 422

MIN_RADIX, 398

MIN_VALUE, 387, 391, 398

mkdir( ), 561

mkdirs( ), 561

Model-Delegate architecture, 861–862

Model-View-Controller (MVC)

architecture, 861

Modifier class, 835

methods, table of, 836

Modulus operator (%), 57, 59

Monitor, 225, 238, 239

Mouse events, handling, 653–656

MouseAdapter class, 659

mouseClicked( ), 652, 659

mouseDragged( ), 652, 659

mouseEntered( ), 652

MouseEvent class, 640, 642, 643, 646–647

mouseExited( ), 652

MouseListener interface, 650, 652, 653

MouseMotionAdapter class, 659

MouseMotionListener interface, 639, 650, 652,

653, 659

mouseMoved( ), 652, 659

mousePressed( ), 652

mouseReleased( ), 652

MouseWheelEvent class, 640, 647–648

MouseWheelListener interface, 650,

652, 653

mouseWheelMoved( ), 652

Multitasking, 223, 225

Multithreaded programming, 7, 11, 12, 223–254

context switching.SeeContext switching

effectively using, 254

Observable class, Observer interface and, 522

and spurious wakeup, 243

and StringBuilder class, 384

and synchronization.SeeSynchronization

and threads.SeeThread(s)

versus the concurrency utilities, 787, 812

versus single-threaded system, 224

MutableComboBoxModel, 899

MutableTreeNode interface, 901

Mutex, 238

MVC (Model-View-Controller)

architecture, 861

NN

NAME, 629

Name-space collisions

between instance variables and local

variables, 121

packages and, 183–184, 312

name( ), 433

Naming class, 837, 838

NaN, 387, 390

nanoTime( ), 410, 411

native modifier, 302–303

Natural ordering, 433, 472

Naughton, Patrick, 6

NavigableMap interface, 464, 466, 470

methods, table of, 466–467

NavigableSet interface, 440, 444–445,

455, 456

methods, table of, 445

Negative numbers in Java, representation

of, 62, 63

NEGATIVE_INFINITY, 387

NegativeArraySizeException, 218, 481

.Net Framework, 8

Networking, 599–616

basics, 599–600

classes and interfaces, list of, 600–601

new, 49, 50, 109–110, 117, 119, 121, 135, 178

autoboxing and, 267

and enumerations, 256, 259

New I/O.SeeNIO

newCachedThreadPool( ), 802

newCondition( ), 808, 809

newFixedThreadPool( ), 802

newScheduledThreadPool( ), 802

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