G

g conversion character, Primitive and Numeric Conversions

G conversion character, Primitive and Numeric Conversions

Gamma, Objects in Java

garbage collection, Dynamic Memory Management–Dynamic Memory Management, Garbage Collection–Garbage Collection, Finalization, Glossary

defined, Glossary

and finalize() method, Finalization

in Java, Dynamic Memory Management–Dynamic Memory Management

gc() method method, Garbage Collection

generics, The Past: Java 1.0–Java 1.6, Reference Types, Containers: Building a Better Mousetrap–Can Containers Be Fixed?, Enter Generics–Talking About Types, Enter Generics, Talking About Types, Erasure–Erasure, Raw Types–Raw Types, Raw Types, Parameterized Type Relationships–Why Isn’t a List<Date> a List<Object>?, Parameterized Type Relationships, Casts–Casts, The Type Variable–The Type Variable, Subclassing Generics–Subclassing Generics, Exceptions and Generics–No generic throwables, Parameter Type Limitations–Using Class<T>, Bounds–Erasure and Bounds (Working with Legacy Code), A Supertype of All Instantiations, Bounded Wildcards–Bounded Wildcards, Thinking Outside the Container–Thinking Outside the Container, Lower Bounds–Lower Bounds, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic–Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, Wildcard Type Relationships–Wildcard Type Relationships, Generic Methods Introduced–Generic Methods Introduced, Type Inference from Arguments–Type Inference from Arguments, Type Inference from Assignment Context–Type Inference from Assignment Context, Explicit Type Invocation, Wildcard Capture–Wildcard Capture, Wildcard Types Versus Generic Methods, Using Array Types–Using Array Types, What Good Are Arrays of Generic Types?, Wildcards in Array Types–Wildcards in Array Types, Case Study: The Enum Class–Case Study: The Enum Class, Case Study: The sort() Method–Case Study: The sort() Method, Generics and collections, Glossary, Glossary, Glossary

as added feature, The Past: Java 1.0–Java 1.6

and collections, Generics and collections

arrays of parameterized types, Using Array Types–Using Array Types, What Good Are Arrays of Generic Types?, Wildcards in Array Types–Wildcards in Array Types

purpose of, What Good Are Arrays of Generic Types?

using array types, Using Array Types–Using Array Types

wildcards in array types, Wildcards in Array Types–Wildcards in Array Types

bounds, Bounds–Erasure and Bounds (Working with Legacy Code)

casts, Casts–Casts

containers, Containers: Building a Better Mousetrap–Can Containers Be Fixed?

defined, Glossary

Enum class, Case Study: The Enum Class–Case Study: The Enum Class

erasure, Erasure–Erasure

generic classes, Raw Types, Parameterized Type Relationships, Glossary

compatibility with raw types, Raw Types

defined, Glossary

one-dimensional inheritance, Parameterized Type Relationships

generic classes, writing, The Type Variable–The Type Variable, Subclassing Generics–Subclassing Generics, Exceptions and Generics–No generic throwables, Parameter Type Limitations–Using Class<T>

exceptions and generics, Exceptions and Generics–No generic throwables

parameter type limitations, Parameter Type Limitations–Using Class<T>

subclassing generics, Subclassing Generics–Subclassing Generics

type variable, The Type Variable–The Type Variable

generic methods, Generic Methods Introduced–Generic Methods Introduced, Type Inference from Arguments–Type Inference from Arguments, Type Inference from Assignment Context–Type Inference from Assignment Context, Explicit Type Invocation, Wildcard Capture–Wildcard Capture, Wildcard Types Versus Generic Methods, Glossary

defined, Glossary

explicit type invocation, Explicit Type Invocation

overview, Generic Methods Introduced–Generic Methods Introduced

type inference from arguments, Type Inference from Arguments–Type Inference from Arguments

type inference from assignment context, Type Inference from Assignment Context–Type Inference from Assignment Context

vs. wildcard types, Wildcard Types Versus Generic Methods

wildcard capture, Wildcard Capture–Wildcard Capture

overview, Enter Generics–Talking About Types

parameterized type relationships, Parameterized Type Relationships–Why Isn’t a List<Date> a List<Object>?

raw types, Raw Types–Raw Types

sort( ) method, Case Study: The sort() Method–Case Study: The sort() Method

type inference, Enter Generics

types, Reference Types, Talking About Types

wildcards, A Supertype of All Instantiations, Bounded Wildcards–Bounded Wildcards, Thinking Outside the Container–Thinking Outside the Container, Lower Bounds–Lower Bounds, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic–Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type, Wildcard Type Relationships–Wildcard Type Relationships

<?>, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type

<Object>, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type

bounded, Bounded Wildcards–Bounded Wildcards

lower bounds, Lower Bounds–Lower Bounds

raw type, <?>, <Object>, and the Raw Type

supertype of all instantiations, A Supertype of All Instantiations

thinking outside the container, Thinking Outside the Container–Thinking Outside the Container

using, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic–Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic

wildcard type relationships, Wildcard Type Relationships–Wildcard Type Relationships

GET method, The TinyHttpd Server, Talking to Web Applications, Using the GET Method, Servlets

get() method, Accessing Fields, Working with Calendars, List, The Map Interface, Buffer operations

ByteBuffer class, Buffer operations

Calendar class, Working with Calendars

List interface, List

Map interface, The Map Interface

GET-style encoding, GET, POST, and “extra path”

getAbsolutePath() method, File operations, File operations

getActionCommand() method, Buttons and Labels

getAffectedArea() method, Limiting Drawing with Clipping

getAndIncrement() method, Atomic Operations

getAndSet() method, Atomic Operations

getApplet() method, Inter-applet communication

getAppletContext() method, Driving the browser

getApplets() method, Inter-applet communication

getAscent() method, Font Metrics

getAttribute() method, NIO File Operations, The ServletContext API, The DOM API, Test-Driving DOM

getAudioClip() method, Applet resources

getAuthType() method, Procedural Authorization

getAvailableIDs() method, Time Zones

getAvailableLocales() method, The java.util.Locale Class

getBackground() method, Other Component Methods

getBoolean() method, Accessing Fields

getBuffer() method, Streams from Strings and Back

getBundle() method, Resource Bundles

getByName() method, The HeartBeat applet code, InetAddress

getBytes() method, String Method Summary

getCanonicalPath() method, File operations, File operations

getCause() method, Chaining and rethrowing exceptions

getChars() method, String Method Summary

getChild() method, JDOM

getChildNodes() method, The DOM API

getChildren() method, JDOM

getChildText() method, JDOM

getClass() method, The Class Class, Reflection, Resource Paths

getClip() method, Transformations and rendering

getColor() method, Solid Colors, Using Fonts

getColumnClass() method, Round Two: Creating a Table Model

getColumnCount() method, Round Two: Creating a Table Model, Round Three: A Simple Spreadsheet

getColumnName() method, Round Two: Creating a Table Model

getComponentAt() method, Managing Components

getComponents() method, Managing Components

getConstructor() method, Reflection

getConstructors() method, Reflection, Reflection

getContent() method, Getting the Content as an Object, Getting the Content as an Object

getContentEncoding() method, The HttpURLConnection

getContentLength() method, The HttpURLConnection

getContents() method, Resource Bundles

getContentType() method, Managing Connections, The HttpURLConnection

getCookies() method, Cookies

getCurrencyInstance() method, Formatting with the java.text Package

getCursor() method, Other Component Methods

getDateInstance() method, Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat

getDateTimeInstance() method, Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat, Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat

getDeclaredClasses() method, Reflection

getDeclaredConstructor() method, Reflection

getDeclaredConstructors() method, Reflection, Reflection

getDeclaredField() method, Reflection

getDeclaredFields() method, Reflection, Reflection

getDeclaredMethod() method, Reflection

getDeclaredMethods() method, Reflection

getDefault() method, The java.util.Locale Class, ProxySelector

getDescent() method, Font Metrics

getDocumentBase() method, Applet resources

getDocumentElement() method, Test-Driving DOM

getElementbyTagName() method, Test-Driving DOM

getElementsByTagName() method method, The DOM API

getEventSetDescriptors() method, Getting events information

getExponent() method, Floating-Point Components

getExtraPath() method, GET, POST, and “extra path”

getFamily() method, Using Fonts

getField() method, Reflection

getFields() method, Reflection, Reflection

getFile() methods, The URL Class

getFileAttributeView() method, NIO File Operations

getFilePointer() method, RandomAccessFile

getFileStore() method, NIO File Operations

getFirstChild() method, The DOM API

getFont() method, Using Fonts

getFontName() method, Using Fonts

getForeground() method, Other Component Methods

getFreeSpace() method, File operations

getHeaderField() method, The HttpURLConnection

getHeaderFieldDate() method, The HttpURLConnection

getHeaderFieldInt() method, The HttpURLConnection

getHeight() method, Font Metrics, ImageObserver

getHost() method, The HeartBeat applet code, The URL Class

getHours() method, Object creation

getIcon() method, Supplying icons

getIconImage() method, Other Methods for Controlling Frames

getImage() method, The Image Class, Image Observers, ImageObserver, Applet resources

getImageLoadStatus() method, ImageIcon

getInsets() method, Insets

getInstanceOf() method, Bean Instantiation and Type Management

getInt() method, Accessing Fields

getInterfaces() method, Reflection

getLastChild() method, The DOM API

getLastModified() method, The HttpURLConnection

getLastModifiedTime() method, NIO File Operations

getLeading() method, Font Metrics

getLineMetrics() method, Font Metrics

getLogger() method, Loggers

getMaximumSize() method, Layout Managers, Layout Managers

getMediaTracker() method, ImageIcon

getMessage() method, Throwing Exceptions

getMethod() method, Reflection

getMethods() method, Reflection

getMinimumSize() method, Layout Managers, Layout Managers

getModifiers() method, Modifiers and Security, Mouse and Key Modifiers on InputEvents

getName() method, File operations, File operations, Other Component Methods, Using Fonts

getNextEntry() method, Decompressing Data

getNodeValue() method, The DOM API

getNumberInstance() method, Formatting with the java.text Package

getOppositeComponent() method, Focus Events

getOutputStream() method, Clients, Content type

getOwner() method, Conditions, NIO File Operations

getParameter() method, GET, POST, and “extra path”, Applet parameters

getParameterMap() method, The ShowParameters Servlet

getParent() method, File operations, File operations

getPassword() method, Say the Magic Word

getPath() method, File operations, File operations

getPercentInstance() method, Formatting with the java.text Package

getPosixFilePermissions() method, NIO File Operations

getPreferredSize() method, Other Component Methods, Layout Managers, Layout Managers

getProperties() method, System Properties

getProperty() method, System Properties, Properties

getPropertyDescriptors() method, Getting Properties Information

getProtocol() method, The URL Class

getReadLockCount() method, Conditions

getRequestURI() method, The ShowParameters Servlet

getResource() method, JAR Files, Resource Paths, Applet resources

getResourceAsStream() method, Resource Paths, Applet resources

getResourcePaths() method, The ServletContext API

getResponseCode() method, Using the POST Method

getRowCount() method, Round Two: Creating a Table Model, Round Three: A Simple Spreadsheet

getScaledInstance() method, Scaling and Size

getSelectedText() method, The TextEntryBox Application

getSelectedValues() method, Lists and Combo Boxes

getSelection() method, Checkboxes and Radio Buttons

getSession() method, The ShowSession Servlet

getSize() method, Other Component Methods, Using Fonts

getSource() method, More Events and Interfaces, Enabling and Disabling Components

getStackTrace() method, Stack Traces

getState() method, Thread State

getStream() method, Applet persistence and navigation

getStringBounds() method, Font Metrics, Font Metrics

getStyle() method, Using Fonts

getTcpNoDelay() method, TCP_NODELAY

getText() method, The TextEntryBox Application

getTextContent() method, The DOM API

getTime() method, Working with Calendars

getTimeInstance() method, Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat

getTotalSpace() method, File operations

getUseableSpace() method, File operations

getUserPrincipal() method, Procedural Authorization

getValue() method, Formatted Text

getValueAt() method, Round Two: Creating a Table Model, Round Three: A Simple Spreadsheet

getWheelRotation() method, Mouse-wheel events

getWidth() method, ImageObserver

getWriter() method, Pipes

getWriterFormatNames() method, Saving Image Data

global field, Loggers

glyphs, Drawing Text

Google Web Toolkit, Google Web Toolkit–Google Web Toolkit

Gosling Emacs, Java’s Origins

Gosling, James, Enter Java

GradientPaint class, Color Gradients

graphical user interface (GUI), Glossary

Graphics class, HelloComponent

graphics context, Glossary

greediness, Greediness–Greediness

GREEN value, Static Members

GregorianCalendar class, Dates and Times

grep command line utility, XMLGrep

grid coordinates, Grid Coordinates–Grid Coordinates

GridBagConstraints class, The GridBagConstraints Class–The GridBagConstraints Class

GridBagLayout class, Layout Managers, The GridBagConstraints Class–The GridBagConstraints Class, Grid Coordinates–Grid Coordinates, The fill Constraint–The fill Constraint, Spanning Rows and Columns–Spanning Rows and Columns, Weighting–Calculating the weights of rows and columns, Anchoring–Anchoring, Padding and Insets–Padding and Insets, Relative Positioning–Relative Positioning, Composite Layouts–Composite Layouts

anchoring, Anchoring–Anchoring

composite layouts, Composite Layouts–Composite Layouts

fill constraint, The fill Constraint–The fill Constraint

grid coordinates, Grid Coordinates–Grid Coordinates

GridBagConstraints class, The GridBagConstraints Class–The GridBagConstraints Class

padding and insets, Padding and Insets–Padding and Insets

relative positioning, Relative Positioning–Relative Positioning

spanning rows and columns, Spanning Rows and Columns–Spanning Rows and Columns

weighting, Weighting–Calculating the weights of rows and columns

gridheight variable, The GridBagConstraints Class, Spanning Rows and Columns

GridLayout class, Layout Managers, GridLayout–GridLayout

gridwidth variable, The GridBagConstraints Class, Spanning Rows and Columns

gridx variable, The GridBagConstraints Class, Grid Coordinates, Relative Positioning

gridy variable, The GridBagConstraints Class, Grid Coordinates, Relative Positioning

group() method, The Matcher

groupCount() method, The Matcher

grouping, Grouping–Grouping

GUI (graphical user interface), Glossary

.gz files, Decompressing Data

GZIPInputStream, Decompressing Data

GZIPOutputStream, Archives and Compressed Data