This book provides complete reference programs that use the powerful new features of JDK 1.4. These explain and illustrate the use of the new APIs, and can serve as the starting point for your own programs.

This book lets experienced developers as well as novices learn JDK 1.4's new features quickly. It provides a clear exposition of the important new topics with plenty of well documented code. All the examples are substantial and solve real-world problems but aren't cluttered with unnecessary details. The new features are covered in a comprehensive and matter-of-fact way without digressions into philosophy or theory. After reading this book, a developer will be able to use Java's new features with confidence and skill.

What's Inside

• New Input/Output
  • Non-blocking I/O
  • Channels and buffers
  • Charsets and charset translation
  • TCP/IP connection forwarding
• Java Web Start
• Regular Expressions
• Preferences Library
• Java Secure Socket Extension
• Image I/O