The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

620
binary compatibility considerations, 357
declarations, 263
inheritance from superinterfaces, 124,
263
names, access to, 263
methods
declarations, examples, 269
overloading, 268
example, 269
overriding, 267
example, 269
names
fully qualified, 145
naming conventions, 146
normal, 113, 259
preparation of, 315
public
binary compatibility considerations, 356
declaration, 260
references to, binary file format requirements
, 338
in scope of imported type, 117, 161
Serializable, implemented by arrays, 292
superinterfaces
binary compatibility considerations, 341
of a class, 186
declaration of, 186
direct, 262
that depend on themselves, 262
unloading of, 330
interruption
of threads, 582
intersection types
See types, intersection
invocation
alternate constructor, 244
constructor
determining arguments to, 427
expression evaluation, 428
expression evaluation, order, 430
language constructs that result in, 240
generic, 184
of hidden class methods, example, 234
method
conversion, 99
expression evaluation, 440
order, 473
how chosen, 411
of a generic interface, 189
superclass constructor, 244
iteration
See also control structures
continue statement, specification, 390
do statement, specification, 382
for statement, specification, 384
while statement, specification, 380
J
Java
digits, term definition, 19
.java suffix, as name for source files, 156
java package is always in scope, 160
java.lang
example, 155
may be named in a type-import-on-demand,
163
public type names automatically imported
from, 153, 158
java.lang package
public type names automatically imported
from, 165
public types defined in, list of, 165
letters, term definition, 19
Java programming language
See also grammars; languages; lexical;
semantics; syntax
java.io.Serializable interface, 85, 98
and array subtyping, 64
java.lang.ref, 328
K
Keene, Sonya E., 6
Kelvin, Lord (William Thompson), 409
Kernighan, Brian W., 7
keywords
default
in annotation types, 274
list of, 21
as token, 10
Kiczales, Gregor, 6