Java Master Reference [With Contains Java Development Kit 1.1, Source Code...]

If you're looking for a book chock full of examples and code, this is the ONE. If you are looking for a tutorial, this isn't it. Highly, highly recommended ...

Great Book. If you look for a method, a class, a deprecation or for the Java-hierarchy, You will find it in this boook. Good explanation (short!) on the methods. Good examples. Shame there is not a book like this on the JDK 1.2 or the JFC.

From the day I first received this book it has proven a valuable resource. I was looking for something that I could use just as a language reference and this goes way beyond that. My only complaint is the hard cover, makes it a heavy book to lug around

My thanks to the author for an excellent reference . While it's not a tutorial, it still manages to give short but clear summaries on various aspects of the language. Nice examples too. Wouldn't want to be without it or the Core Java books by Horstmann & Cornell.

If you are looking for a complete Java 1.1 reference with everything defined plus sample code to demo some of the features, then this is the book for you. I have sifted through and purchased many Java 1.1 books and this is the only one that is turly complete. Sure ... the O'Reilly Nutshell books are great quick references (I know because I have them) but they offer very little inside detail. Sometimes you want or need to know more then just how to call a method and what arguments to pass it. The Master Reference is a good quality (hard back with nice paper inside) book and it is completely alphabetical. That means you don't have to know what package a method belongs to. Keep up the good work Arthur!