The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

term definition, 122
type, 44
memory
chain, 575
exceptions
OutOfMemoryError, 321, 322
heap, 558
OutOfMemoryError, 222
shared, 558
memory model
and finalization, 328
causality requirements of, 569
hardware, 553
Java programming language, 553
term definition, 557
Mesa, 5, 7
meta-annotation(s)
See annotation(s), meta
method(s), 209
abstract
in enum constant, 176, 250
abstract
binary compatibility considerations, 352
in classes, 214
in interfaces
overloading, 268
, 266
access control
default, example, 142
private, example, 144
protected, example, 143
public, example, 143
access, binary compatibility considerations,
344
accessible, and method invocation, 442
annotation(s), 281
applicable, 450
arity
fixed
see method(s), fixed arity, 443
variable
see method(s), variable arity, 442
of array, 125, 292
body, 223
binary compatibility considerations, 354
class
See methods, static
classes, 209
abstract, 214
binary compatibility considerations, 350
body
declarations, 223
with no executable code, 223
constructors compared with, 240
declarations, 209
examples of, 230
final, 217
hidden, invocation of, 234
hiding by, 225
modifiers, 214
native
declarations, 218
semicolon as body of, 223
private, as implicitly final, 217
signature, 212
strictfp, declaration, 218
synchronized, declaration, 218
void, expression return statement not permitted
in, 223
with same signature, inheriting, 228
declarations, 209
binary compatibility considerations, 350
generic, 49
as declared entity, 113
definite [un]assignment of blank final fields
before, 538
definite assignment of variables before, 538
descriptor, 442
dispatching during instance creation, 324
enum
implicitly declared, 251
equals, as member of Object class, 48
final, 217
binary compatibility considerations, 353
finalize, as member of Object class, 48
fixed arity
evaluating arguments of, 474
term definition, 212
when more specific, 448
FP-strict, 411
generic, 127, 220, 446
in an interface, 267
term definition, 220
getClass, as member of Object class, 48
hashCode, as member of Object class, 48
hiding of, 225
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