Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered Java "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (the classes, methods, and interfaces) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your Java programming appetite!

Topics include:

• String Handling
• Regular Expressions
• File Handling
• Applets
• Servlets
• Swing
• The Collections Framework
• Multithreading
• Formatting Data

Learn how to:

• Find substrings that match a regular expression
• Use regular expressions to tokenize a string
• Compress and decompress data files
• Create a ZIP file
• Format time and date
• Use printf( ) to display formatted data
• Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a list
• Use a Comparator with a collection
• Create a simple Swing application
• Create a Swing-based applet
• Create a simple servlet
• Use a cookie with a servlet
• Synchronize threads
• Monitor a thread's state
• Set and obtain a thread's priority
• Use JScrollPane to automate scrolling
• Access a resource using HttpURLConnection
• Schedule a task for future execution
• Use reflection to dynamically create an object and call methods
• Much, much more