Book details of 'Java Language Reference'

Title	Java Language Reference
Author(s)	Mark Grand, Paula Ferguson
ISBN	156592326X
Language	English
Published	August 1997
Publisher	O'Reilly & Associates

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
This book is definitely intended for the experienced Java programmer. Looking at the syntax and lexical structure of the language with formal methods that stop just short of the language specification, it gives the reader the internals of Java. This allows for more precise use of classes and methods, and, particularly, those not used on a regular basis. While the book does not have the tutelary excellence of "Core Java" (cf. BKCRJAV1.RVW, BKCRJAV2.RVW), Grand is perhaps too hard on himself when he says that the book is not intended to teach Java. Certainly some experience programmers have been able to teach themselves Java from references such as "Java in a Nutshell" (see reviews), so this tome should be a piece of cake. The author's use of "railroad diagrams based on BNF (Backus-Naur Form) gives the syntactical elements a good deal of clarity and precision; definitely for those who have used it before. On the other hand, Grand's explanation of object-orientation is terse at best, so it might be best to say that experienced object-oriented programmers should find this a useful introduction. Topics covered include an introduction, lexical analysis, data types, expressions, declarations, statements and control structures, program structures, threads, exception handling, the java.lang package, and an appendix on the Unicode character set. For the serious programmer, an essential tool. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1997
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