M

Madsen, Ole Lehrmann, 6

magnitude

loss of information about, possibility of in narrowing primitive conversion, 55

make it so, 369

mark method

of class BufferedInputStream, 701

of class FilterInputStream, 697

of class InputStream, 682

of class LineNumberInputStream, 709

marklimit field

of class BufferedInputStream, 700

markpos field

of class BufferedInputStream, 700

markSupported method

of class BufferedInputStream, 702

of class FilterInputStream, 698

of class InputStream, 683

of class PushbackInputStream, 711

Marsaglia, G., 650

Marx, Chico

A Night at the Opera

commutative diagram, 397

nested operations, 388

Marx, Groucho

club membership, 138

never forgets a face, 214

A Night at the Opera

car, 386

cdr, 393

iteration, 388

recursion, 390

Math class, 517

mathematical functions

See also arithmetic; numbers

Math class, 517

max method

of class Math, 529

MAX_PRIORITY field

of class Thread, 591

MAX_RADIX field

of class Character, 473

MAX_VALUE field

of class Character, 473

of class Double, 214, 364, 510, 7, 748

of class Float, 38, 503

of class Integer, 488

of class Long, 495

Maybury, William, 6

Melville, Herman, 398

members

See also class(es); fields; interfaces; methods

accessibility of, 99

arrays, 197, 88

classes, 138, 86

binary compatibility considerations, 245

declarations, 138

inaccessible, accessing, example, 142

inheritance, examples, 139, 140

private, inheritance examples, 141

inheritance and, 85

interfaces, 186, 87

binary compatibility considerations, 260

declarations, 185

inheritance, 186

names, access to, 186

members

Object class, 41

packages, 114, 85

access to, 120

protected, accessibility of, 100

reference type

as declared entity, 78

scope of, 81

of superclasses, accessing with super, 322

term definition, 85

memory

gc method, 583

main, term definition, 401

master, of variables, term definition, 401

OutOfMemoryError class, 611

standard exceptions

OutOfMemoryError, 163, 212, 213, 227, 228

OutOfMemoryError, meaning, 219

term definition, 401

working, term definition, 401

Mesa, 5, 6 method(s), 155

method(s)

See also class(es); constructors; control flow; fields; initialization; interfaces

abstract

binary compatibility considerations, 254

in classes, 158

in interfaces, 189, 190

overloading, 191

access, binary compatibility considerations, 248

access control

default, example, 102

private, example, 105

protected, example, 104

public, example, 103

of array, 197

body, 164

binary compatibility considerations, 257

class, see methods, static

classes, 160

abstract, 158

binary compatibility considerations, 253

body

declarations, 164

with no executable code, 164

constructors compared with, 176

declarations, 155

declarations, examples of, 168

final, 160

hidden, invocation of, 171

hiding by, 165

methods

classes

modifiers, 157

native

declaration, 161

semicolon as body of, 164

newInstance, constructor invocation by, 177

private, as implicitly final, 160

signature, 157

synchronized, declaration, 161

void, expression return statement not permitted in, 164

with same signature, inheriting, 166

declarations, 155, 189

binary compatibility considerations, 253

grammar specification difficulties, 437

LALR(1) grammar productions, 444

as declared entity, 78

deleting, binary compatibility considerations, 247

dispatching during instance creation, 230

equals, 41

as member of Object class, 41

final, 160

binary compatibility considerations, 255

finalize, as member of Object class, 41

getClass, 41

as member of Object class, 41

hashCode, 41

as member of Object class, 41

hiding of, 165

inheritance

in arrays, 197

in classes, 165

in interfaces, 186

instance, see method(s), non-static; 209

of interfaces

declarations, 189, 190

overloading, 190, 191

overriding, 189, 190

semicolon as body of, 164

invalid arguments to, standard exceptions, IllegalArgumentException, 209

invocation

See also access control

conversion, 66

expression evaluation, 323

order, 333

expressions as statements, 272

how chosen, 303

methods

as members

of a class, 86

of an interface, 87

method table creation during preparation phase of linking, 221

names

context in which a name is classified as, 91

naming conventions, 108

qualified, meaning of, 98

simple, meaning of, 98

native, 161

binary compatibility considerations, 256

newInstance, creating an instance with, 228

non-static

instance method as name for, 160

overriding by, 165

NoSuchMethodError class, 611

NoSuchMethodException class, 611

notify, as member of Object class, 41

notifyAll, as member of Object class, 41

overloading, 167

binary compatibility considerations, 257

examples, 168

overriding, 165

binary compatibility considerations, 258

examples, 168, 169, 170, 172, 190

parameters

See also arguments; variables

binary compatibility considerations, 254

description, 45

initial value, 46

specification of, 156

private, in example of qualified names and access control, 105

public, interfaces, declarations, 189

references to, binary file format requirements, 239

result type, binary compatibility considerations, 254

scope of, 81

signatures, 157

binary file format requirements, 239

static, binary compatibility considerations, 256

stop, as asynchronous exception cause, 206

synchronized, 161

binary compatibility considerations, 256

throws clause, binary compatibility considerations, 256

toString, as member of Object class, 41

methods

uncaughtException

exception handling use, 205

when invoked, 202

wait, as member of Object class, 41

Michael de Montaigne, 155

mighty minds, 350

Mill, John Stuart

On Liberty

comments, 308

parentheses, 308

min method

of class Math, 528

MIN_PRIORITY field

of class Thread, 591

MIN_RADIX field

of class Character, 473

MIN_VALUE field

of class Character, 473

of class Double, 510

of class Float, 503

of class Integer, 488

of class Long, 495

Mitchell, James G., 6

mkdir method

of class File, 757

mkdirs method

of class File, 757

modifiers

See also declarations

class, 130

constructor, 177

declaration, see

abstract modifier

final modifier

native modifier

private modifier

protected modifier

public modifier

static modifier

synchronized modifier

transient modifier

volatile modifier

field, 144

grammar specification difficulties, 435

interface, 184

method, 157

Modula-3, 3, 6

Molière, 7

Møller-Pedersen, Birger, 6

monitors

See also locks; synchronization

term definition, 399

Moon, David A., 6

Muller, M. E., 650

music

variations on a theme, 137

mystic evolution, 261

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