Java Foundation Classes
Swing Reference
Stephen C. Drye and William C. Wake

1999 | 1088 pages
ISBN: 1884777678
$39.95 Softbound print book  

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DESCRIPTION

Java Foundation Classes: Swing Reference is the comprehensive guide to Swing 1.1 and Java 2's Swing package. Written by the programmers that maintain the Internet's Swing FAQ, this book is based on the much enhanced, most recent release of Swing. All documentation in this book is based on the authors' experience with the Swing source code and their digging under the surface to make sure what they are saying is correct. This book offers solid reference material, extensive examples and an introductory tutorial provide programmers with a quick start and ongoing support as their daily Swing reference. The authors have not trusted a single description of the Swing JavaDoc--this book is verified, correct documentation for the Swing library. For programmers wondering which methods are unimplemented or empty, which are synchronized, which throw runtime exceptions, the JavaDoc won't tell them, but this book will. Here's what's in the book:

Java Foundation Classes: Swing Reference was reviewed by eighteen experts in the field. Many reviewers have worked with the authors throughout the revision process.

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THIS BOOK...

"an excellent book! A true reference for JFC programmers"
--Bruce Hopkins, Researcher, Computer Engineering, Wayne State University

"Highly recommended whenever you need to know a component's purpose, arguments, return codes ... ."
--Pierre Morel, Visual XML

"It makes clear the basic structure of Swing -- otherwise the hardest part of it to understand."
--Ulrich Kortenkamp, Director, Cinderella's Cafe

ABOUT THE AUTHORS...

Stephen C. Drye's work at Ericsson, Inc., has pushed Swing and Java to their limits for a new generation of communications devices.

William C. Wake, an experienced Java programmer, is e-commerce architect at America One Communications. Previously he has worked with MCI, VTLS and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Sample Chapters

Chapter 4 from the Swing Reference (Part II) is available for download.

Chapter 4.

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Source Code

Source code from Java Foundation Classes: Swing Reference is contained in single zip archive, size 75 kilobytes. Free unzip programs for most platforms are available from Info-Zip.

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Swing reference table

The Package swing.table section from the Swing Reference (Part II) has been converted to PDF to conserve formatting.

Download the swing table PDF.

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