N

n conversion character, Miscellaneous

name attribute, The Complete <applet> Tag

name property, System Properties

name() method, Enum Values

namespaces, XML, Namespaces–Namespaces

NaN (not-a-number), Math Utilities, Glossary

narrow type, Casting

native methods, A Virtual Machine, Glossary

NavigableMap interface, The Map Interface, Linked lists

NavigableSet interface, Linked lists

NavigationFilter interface, Filtering Input

nearest common interface, Type Inference from Arguments

nearest common supertype, Type Inference from Arguments

NEGATIVE_INFINITY value, Math Utilities

nesting character classes in regular expressions, Custom character classes

NetBeans, Availability, Installing and Running NetBeans–The NetBeans workspace, Installing our example beans, Creating a project and file–Creating a project and file, The NetBeans workspace–The NetBeans workspace, Generating bean patterns in NetBeans, The IDE Wars

creating project and file, Creating a project and file–Creating a project and file

example beans, Installing our example beans

generating bean patterns in, Generating bean patterns in NetBeans

installing and running, Installing and Running NetBeans–The NetBeans workspace

workspace, The NetBeans workspace–The NetBeans workspace

Netscape, Java Compared with Other Languages

network programming, Clients–Clients, Servers–Servers, Sockets and security–Sockets and security, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client–author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client, The TinyHttpd Server–Room for improvement, Socket Options–Half-close, Proxies and Firewalls–ProxySelector, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T141346-0500” comment="I actually rewrote this as a standalone client but then decided to leave it as an applet”The HeartBeat Applet–The Pulse server code, InetAddress, Simple Serialized Object Protocols–Limitations, Real-World Usage, Remote and Nonremote Objects–The RMI registry, An RMI Example–Passing remote object references, RMI and CORBA–RMI and CORBA, Selectable Channels, Using Select–Using Select, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations

datagram sockets, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T141346-0500” comment="I actually rewrote this as a standalone client but then decided to leave it as an applet”The HeartBeat Applet–The Pulse server code, InetAddress

HeartBeat applet, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T141346-0500” comment="I actually rewrote this as a standalone client but then decided to leave it as an applet”The HeartBeat Applet–The Pulse server code

InetAddress class, InetAddress

RMI (remote method invocation), Real-World Usage, Remote and Nonremote Objects–The RMI registry, An RMI Example–Passing remote object references, RMI and CORBA–RMI and CORBA

and CORBA, RMI and CORBA–RMI and CORBA

example, An RMI Example–Passing remote object references

remote and nonremote objects, Remote and Nonremote Objects–The RMI registry

usage, Real-World Usage

scalable I/O with NIO, Selectable Channels, Using Select–Using Select, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations

LargerHttpd server, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd

nonblocking client-side operations, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations

selectable channels, Selectable Channels

using Select, Using Select–Using Select

simple serialized object protocols, Simple Serialized Object Protocols–Limitations

sockets, Clients–Clients, Servers–Servers, Sockets and security–Sockets and security, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client–author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client, The TinyHttpd Server–Room for improvement, Socket Options–Half-close, Proxies and Firewalls–ProxySelector

and security, Sockets and security–Sockets and security

clients, Clients–Clients

DateAtHost client, author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client–author="pat” timestamp="20120926T110720-0500” comment="one of those sections I hate to get rid of but is less relevant in terms of the example... should probably find a more modern example...”The DateAtHost Client

options, Socket Options–Half-close

proxies and firewalls, Proxies and Firewalls–ProxySelector

servers, Servers–Servers

TinyHttpd server, The TinyHttpd Server–Room for improvement

New I/O, A Modern Language (see NIO)

new operator, The main() Method, Constructors, HelloJava3: The Button Strikes!, Object creation, Array Creation and Initialization, Multidimensional Arrays, Classes, Object Creation, Inner Classes, Anonymous inner classes, Enter Generics, Enter Generics, Bean Instantiation and Type Management, Glossary

for anonymous inner classes, Anonymous inner classes

Beans class, Bean Instantiation and Type Management

creating arrays, Array Creation and Initialization

creating classes, Classes

creating multidimensional arrays, Multidimensional Arrays

defined, Glossary

for generic classes, Enter Generics, Enter Generics

for inner classes, Inner Classes

NEW thread state, Thread State

newAudioClip() method, Simple Audio

newBufferedReader() method, NIO File Operations

newBufferedWriter() method, NIO File Operations

newByteChannel() method, NIO File Operations

newCachedThreadPool() method, ExecutorService

newCondition() method, Conditions

newDirectoryStream() method, NIO File Operations, Directory Operations

newFileSystem() method, Zip Archive As a Filesystem

newFixedThreadPool() method, Executors, ExecutorService

newInputStream() method, NIO File Operations

newInstance() method, The Class Class, What About Arrays?

newOutputStream() method, NIO File Operations

NeWS, Java’s Origins

newSingleThreadExecutor() method, ExecutorService

newThread() method, Thread production

newWatchService() method, Watching Paths

next() method, Iterator interface, Iterator

nextBoolean() method, Random Numbers

nextDouble() method, Random Numbers

nextElement() method, java.util.Enumeration

nextFloat() method, Random Numbers

nextGaussian() method, Random Numbers

nextInt() method, Random Numbers

nextLong() method, Random Numbers

nextToken() method, StringTokenizer

nextUp() method, Floating-Point Components

NIO (New I/O), Selectable Channels, Using Select–Using Select, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations, Glossary

defined, Glossary

scalable I/O with, Selectable Channels, Using Select–Using Select, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations

LargerHttpd server, LargerHttpd–LargerHttpd

nonblocking client-side operations, Nonblocking Client-Side Operations

selectable channels, Selectable Channels

using Select, Using Select–Using Select

NIO File API, FileSystem and Path–Path to classic file and back, NIO File Operations–NIO File Operations, Directory Operations–Directory Operations, Watching Paths–Watching Paths

directory operations, Directory Operations–Directory Operations

FileSystem and Path, FileSystem and Path–Path to classic file and back

NIO File operations, NIO File Operations–NIO File Operations

watching paths, Watching Paths–Watching Paths

NIO package, Asynchronous I/O–Asynchronous I/O, Performance, Mapped and Locked Files, Channels–Channels, Buffer operations–Buffer operations, Buffer types–Buffer types, Byte order, Allocating buffers, Character Encoders and Decoders–CharsetEncoder and CharsetDecoder, Concurrent access, File locking–File locking, Memory-mapped files, Direct transfer–Direct transfer, AsynchronousFileChannel–AsynchronousFileChannel, Scalable I/O with NIO

asynchronous I/O, Asynchronous I/O–Asynchronous I/O

buffers, Buffer operations–Buffer operations, Buffer types–Buffer types, Byte order, Allocating buffers

allocating buffers, Allocating buffers

buffer operations, Buffer operations–Buffer operations

buffer types, Buffer types–Buffer types

byte order, Byte order

channels, Channels–Channels

character encoders and decoders, Character Encoders and Decoders–CharsetEncoder and CharsetDecoder

FileChannel, Concurrent access, File locking–File locking, Memory-mapped files, Direct transfer–Direct transfer, AsynchronousFileChannel–AsynchronousFileChannel

AsynchronousFileChannel, AsynchronousFileChannel–AsynchronousFileChannel

concurrent access, Concurrent access

direct transfer, Direct transfer–Direct transfer

file locking, File locking–File locking

memory-mapped files, Memory-mapped files

mapped and locked files, Mapped and Locked Files

performance, Performance

scalable I/O with, Scalable I/O with NIO

node() method, The Preferences API

NodeChangeListener interfaces, Change Notification

nodeExists() method, Preferences Storage

NodeList class, The XPath API

nodes, Linked lists, Nodes–Nodes

defined, Linked lists

XPath, Nodes–Nodes

NONE value, The fill Constraint

nonProxyHosts property, Proxies and Firewalls

nonstatic initializer blocks, Static and Nonstatic Initializer Blocks

NORTH value, BorderLayout, Anchoring

BorderLayout class, BorderLayout

GridBagConstants class, Anchoring

NORTHEAST value, Anchoring

NORTHWEST value, Anchoring

not operator (!), Running Code in the Thread

not-a-number (NaN), Math Utilities, Glossary

Notepad, Java Tools and Environment

notExists() method, NIO File Operations

notify() method, The wait() and notify() Methods–Wait conditions, Passing Messages

notifyAll() method, Wait conditions

null value, Variables and Class Types, Instance Variables, The null value, Glossary

NullPointerException, Variables and Class Types, The null value, Parsing and Formatting with DateFormat

Number argument, MessageFormat

numbered arguments, Numbered arguments–Numbered arguments

NumberFormat class, Number formats, Formatting with the java.text Package, Formatted Text

NumberFormatException, Wrappers for Primitive Types, Number formats

numbering, Numbering

NumericField bean, Binding Properties