ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jeanne Boyarsky is a Java Champion and has worked as a Java developer for a major bank for more than 20 years. She is a senior moderator at CodeRanch, and trains and mentors students of all levels, including the programming department of a FIRST robotics team.

Scott Selikoff has been a professional Java Enterprise architect for over 20 years. He currently works as a Staff Software Engineer at Google, specializing in Architecture and Cloud Services. He is a Leader of the Garden State Java User Group, helping to facilitate discussions and exchange of ideas within the community.

Introduction xvii

Chapter 1 Handling Date, Time, Text, Numeric and Boolean Values 1

Chapter 2 Controlling Program Flow 25

Chapter 3 Utilizing Java Object-Oriented Approach 45

Chapter 4 Handling Exceptions 149

Chapter 5 Working with Arrays and Collections 181

Chapter 6 Working with Streams and Lambda Expressions 211

Chapter 7 Packaging and Deploying Java Code and Use the Java Platform Module System 267

Chapter 8 Managing Concurrent Code Execution 295

Chapter 9 Using Java I/O API 319

Chapter 10 Accessing Databases Using JDBC 339

Chapter 11 Implementing Localization 353

Chapter 12 Practice Exam 1 365

Chapter 13 Practice Exam 2 391

Chapter 14 Practice Exam 3 417

Appendix Answers to Review Questions 443

Chapter 1: Handling Date, Time, Text, Numeric and Boolean Values 444

Chapter 2: Controlling Program Flow 450

Chapter 3: Utilizing Java Object-Oriented Approach 455

Chapter 4: Handling Exceptions 482

Chapter 5: Working with Arrays and Collections 489

Chapter 6: Working with Streams and Lambda Expressions 498

Chapter 7: Packaging and Deploying Java Code and Use the Java Platform Module System 516

Chapter 8: Managing Concurrent Code Execution 524

Chapter 9: Using Java I/O API 530

Chapter 10: Accessing Databases Using JDBC 535

Chapter 11: Implementing Localization 538

Chapter 12: Practice Exam 1 541

Chapter 13: Practice Exam 2 548

Chapter 14: Practice Exam 3 554

Index 561

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