Topics covered:
Part I, "Introducing Java," provides broad coverage
of Java programming topics, including data types, syntax,
classes, and objects; Java file structure; inner classes;
interfaces; packages; creating and initializing objects;
destroying and finalizing objects; input/output;
cryptography; networking; security; threads; JavaBeans;
JavaDoc; and tools that come with Java 1.2 SDK.
Part II, "The Java API Quick Reference,"
includes chapters on the following Java packages: java.beans,
java.beans.beancontext, java.io, java.lang, java.lang.ref,
java.lang.reflect, java.math, java.net, java.security,
java.security.acl, java.security.cert,
java.security.interfaces, java.security.spec, java.text,
java.util, java.util.jar, java.util.zip, javax.crypto,
javax.crypto.interfaces, javax.crypto.spec, and a final
chapter, which provides an index for classes, methods, and
fields.