Thinking in Java, 3rd ed. Revision 4.0

<p class="Table Grid 5,TIJ3 Table"><b>Note</b>: This document requires the installation of the fonts Georgia, Verdana and Andale Mono (code font) for proper viewing. These can be found at: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34153&release_id=105355">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=34153&release_id=105355</a> <br></p> <p class="Table Grid 5,TIJ3 Table">Modifications in Revision 4.0 (11/20/02  Final version as will be in print)<br></p> <ul> <li>Incorporated remainder of copyedits.</li> <li>Preface and introduction completed.</li> <li>Index completed</li> <li>Rewrote debugging section in Chapter 15 that was still raw</li> <li>Various corrections based on reviews</li></ul><p class="Table Grid 5,TIJ3 Table">Modifications in Revision 3.0 (10/29/02)<br></p> <ul> <li>Reorganized chapters into their final form and numbering. Split Chapter 1 by moving Analysis and design to Chapter 16.</li> <li>Modified the description of the chapters in the introduction. (This needs to be revisited again.</li> <li>Finished threading chapter. Dining philosophers problem added to threading chapter.</li> <li>Edited/rewrote chapters 1 - 11, 14 and Appendix A, B & D, which went to production.</li> <li>Added Applet Signing and Java Web Start sections to Creating Windows and Applets.</li> <li>Added examples showing threading in Creating Windows and Applets.</li> <li>Added improved access control to most classes (more private fields, in particular).</li> <li>Made general improvements throughout the code base.</li> <li>Changed cleanup( ) to dispose( )</li> <li>Changed friendly to package access</li> <li>Changed function to method most places</li> <li>Added Preferences API section</li> <li>Removed Microsoft EULA (no longer needed for CD)</li> <li>Rewrote c14:ShowAddListeners.java to use regular expressions; refactored</li> <li>Renamed death condition to termination condition</li></ul><p class="Table Grid 5,TIJ3 Table">Modifications in Revision 2.0 (9/13/2002)<br></p> <ul> <li>Completed part of the rewrite of the threading chapter. This simplifies the introduction to threading and removes all the GUI examples, so that the threading chapter may be moved to appear earlier in the book.</li> <li>Reorganized material into reasonably final form, and assigned chapter numbers. Chapters may still migrate.</li> <li>Finished <b>com.bruceeckel.simpletest</b> framework and integrated all test-instrumented examples back into the main book. Added prose for testing system in Chapter 15. Also updated most examples in book to reflect improvements in testing system. Note: we are still refactoring this code to make it simpler. Stay tuned.</li> <li>Added sections on JDK 1.4 assertions, including design-by-contract, to Chapter 15.</li> <li>Added JUnit introduction and example to Chapter 15.</li> <li>Changed static inner class to nested class.</li> <li>Modified <b>c04:Garbage.java</b> so it wouldnt fail on fast machines, added description.</li> <li>Moved <b>BangBean2.java</b> into the GUI chapter, since the non-GUI threading chapter will now appear before the GUI chapter.</li></ul><p class="Table Grid 5,TIJ3 Table">Modifications in Revision 1.0 (7/12/2002):<br></p> <ul> <li>Changed to email-based BackTalk system, which is much simpler to use and may be used while reading the document offline.</li> <li>Added Testing and Debugging chapter, currently numbered 15. This includes a simple testing system and an introduction to JUnit, as well as a thorough introduction to Logging and an introduction to using debuggers and profilers.</li> <li>Added test framework to examples in the book. Not all examples are fully tested yet, but most are at least executed. Comment flags on examples indicate the testing status of each. Significant change: program output is displayed and tested directly in the source, so readers can see what the output will actually be.</li> <li>Change to Ant as the build tool, added <b>package</b> statements to disambiguate duplicate names so Ant wont complain. Running Ant on the book not only compiles but also runs the aforementioned tests.</li> <li>HTML is now generated by a new tool called LogicTran (<a href="http://www.Logictran.com">http://www.Logictran.com</a>). 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