Inside the Java virtual machine

Author(s)

• Venners, Bill

Bibliographic Information

Inside the Java virtual machine

Bill Venners

McGraw-Hill, c1999

2nd ed.

Other Title

Inside the Java 2 virtual machine

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A manual on the Java 1.2 virtual machine. This new edition contains a new chapter providing a tutorial on using native methods with the JNI (Java Native Interface) specification. The CD-ROM contains source code examples from the book, interactive illustrations, Java Development Kit, and a resources Web site.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to Java's architecture
• platform independence
• security
• network mobility
• the Java virtual machine
• the Java class file
• the lifetime of class
• the linking model
• garbage collection
• stack and local variable operation
• type conversion
• integer arithmetic
• logic
• floating-point arithmetic
• objects and arrays
• control flow
• exceptions
• finally clauses
• method invocation and return
• thread synchronization
• native methods. Appendix - instruction set by opcode mnemonic.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA45114844
• ISBN:
  • 0071350934
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxii, 703 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Attached Material: 1 CD-ROM
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA76.73.J38
  • DC21 : 005.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Java (Computer program language)
  • LCSH : Java virtual machine