P

packages

binary compatibility considerations, 242

(chapter), 113

declarations, in compilation units, 118

as declared entity, 78

host support for, 115

importing all public types from a, 122

LALR(1) grammar, 442

members, 114

access to, 120

members of, 85

named, in compilation units, 118

names

context in which a name is classified as, 90

fully qualified, 105

hiding, 120

naming conventions, 107

qualified, meaning of, 93

scope of, 120

simple, meaning, 93

unique, 125

unique, importance of, 125

scope of, 81

standard

java.io

package (chapter), 665

checked exceptions defined in, 210

java.lang

checked exceptions defined in, 210

package (chapter), 455

unchecked exceptions defined in, 209

packages

standard

java.net

checked exceptions defined in, 211

java.util

package (chapter), 615

unchecked exceptions defined in, 209

storing in a

database, 117

file system, 115

term definition, 114

unnamed, in compilation units, uses and cautions, 119

Paine, Thomas

American Crisis

shift for yourselves, 650

times that try men's souls, 290

Common Sense, mind of the multitude, 650

panjandrum, 290

parameter(s)

See also modifiers; variables

constructor, 177

assignment during instance creation, 228

binary compatibility considerations, 254

description, 45

initial value, 46

scope, 82

as declared entity, 79

exception

description, 45

initial value, 46

scope, 291, 82

method

binary compatibility considerations, 254

description, 45

initial value, 46

specification of, 156

names, naming conventions, 110

@param tag, specification, 422

scope of, 81, 82

types, method invocation conversion context, 66

parentOf method

of class ThreadGroup, 605

parse method

of class Date, 631

parseInt method

of class Integer, 492

parseLong method

of class Long, 499

parseNumbers method

of class StreamTokenizer, 716

Partridge, Eric

pathSeparator field

of class File, 753

pathSeparatorChar field

of class File, 753

pearls, 417

peek method

of class Stack, 661

Peirce, Charles, 383

Peretti, Hugo E., 28

performance

See optimization

PI field

of class Math, 518

PipedInputStream class, 687

PipedOutputStream class, 725

platform-dependent

native methods are, 161

pointers

See references

NullPointerException class, 611

polling

for asynchronous exceptions, 206

pop method

of class Stack, 661

pos field

of class BufferedInputStream, 700

of class ByteArrayInputStream, 689

of class StringBufferInputStream, 692

POSITIVE_INFINITY field

of class Double, 511

of class Float, 504

pow method

of class Math, 522

precedence

See also expressions

of operators, in expression evaluation, 308

precise

term definition, 205

precision

See also numbers

possible loss of

in narrowing primitive conversion, 55

in widening primitive conversion, 54

preparation

of classes, 221

in Test class example, at virtual machine startup, 216

of interfaces, 221

standard exceptions, AbstractMethodError, 212

prescient store

actions, with threads, 408

preventing

instantiation, 180

with private constructors, 132

prime numbers, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, 541, 547, 557, 563, 569, 571, 577, 587, 593, 599, 601, 607, 613, 617, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 659, 661, 673, 677, 683, 691, 701, 709, 719, 727, 733, 739, 743, 751, 757, 761, 769, 773, 787, 797, 809, 811, 821, 823

primitive

See also numbers

conversion

narrowing, 55

in assignment conversion context, 61

in casting conversion context, 67

not allowed in method invocation conversion context, reasons for, 66

widening, 54

in assignment conversion context, 61

in binary numeric promotion context, 74

in casting conversion context, 67

in method invocation conversion context, 66

in unary numeric promotion context, 73

types

as array element types, 194

changing value of variables, 31

fully qualified name for, 105

literal as source code representation of the value of, 19

narrowing conversions, specification, 55

term definition and specification, 30

variables of, specification, 44

widening conversions, specification, 54

printing

print method, of class PrintStream, 740

println method, of class PrintStream, 741

printStackTrace method, of class ThreadGroup, 613

PrintStream class, 738

See Also output

Prior, Matthew, 529

priority

thread, 415

private modifier

See also declarations; modifiers

access

determining, 99

inheritance of class members, example, 141

constructors

access control, example, 105

preventing instantiation with, 132

fields, access control, example, 105

inheritance with, example, 141

methods

abstract not permitted with, 158

access control, example, 105

as implicitly final, 160

in example of qualified names and access control, 105

overriding and hiding not possible with, 166

preventing instantiation by declaring constructors as, 180

Process class, 561

productions

LALR(1) grammar

arrays, 446

blocks, 446

class declarations, 443

constructor declarations, 445

expressions, 450

field declarations, 443

interface declarations, 445

method declarations, 444

statements, 446

static initializers, 444

those used only in, 442

term definition, 7

programming practices

cautions, unnamed package use, 119

promotion

See also numbers

(chapter), 51

promotion

numeric, 72

binary, 74

specification, 74

specification, 72

term definition, 52

unary, 73

specification, 73

properties

Properties class, 639

propertyNames method, of class Properties, 640

protected modifier

See also declarations; modifiers

access, 100, 99

inheritance of class members, example, 141

constructors, access control, example, 104

fields, access control, example, 104

inheritance with, example, 141

methods, access control, example, 104

protocols

standard exception, ProtocolException, 211

public modifier

See also declarations; modifiers

access, 99

inheritance of class members, example, 141

classes

access control in, 99

binary compatibility considerations, 243

in example of qualified names and access control, 101

constructors, access control, example, 103

fields

access control, example, 103

interface, implicit in declaration, 187

inheritance with, example, 141

interfaces

binary compatibility considerations, 259

declaration, 184

methods

access control, example, 103

in interfaces, implicit in declaration, 189

superclasses, accessing instances of non-public subclasses through, 142

superinterfaces, accessing instances of non-public subclasses through, 142

types

defined in java.lang, list of, 123

importing from a package, with type-import-on-demand, 122

push method

of class Stack, 661

pushBack field

of class PushbackInputStream, 710

pushBack method

of class StreamTokenizer, 718

PushbackInputStream class, 710

put method

of class Dictionary, 634

of class Hashtable, 637

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