The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

class, 175
constructor, 241
declaration
See
abstract modifier;
final modifier;
private modifier;
protected modifier;
public modifier;
static modifier;
strictfp modifier;
synchronized modifier;
transient modifier
field, 197
interface, 260
method, 214
Modula-3, 3, 7
Møller-Pedersen, Birger, 7
monitor
, 554
lock action on, 558
Moon, David A., 6
N
named class
exceptions in instance initializer, 202, 238,
301
named type, 260
names
See also identifiers; scope; Unicode character
set
(chapter), 113
ambiguous
handling of, 126, 129
reclassification of, 129
binary
implementation keeps track of types using
, 167
term definition, 335
canonical, 114
is binary name of top-level type, 335
and single-static imports, 164
and single-type imports, 161
and static-import-on-demand, 165
term definition, 146
and type-import-on-demand, 163
class
naming conventions, 147
conflicts
See also hiding
avoiding
in fields with multiple inheritance, 207
through context use, 127
through naming conventions, 146
constants, naming conventions, 150
conventions, 146
impact on name obscuring, 122
expression
context in which a name is classified as,
130
qualified, meaning of, 135
simple, meaning of, 134
fields, naming conventions, 150
fully qualified
of a top-level type, 166
interface
member, access to, 263
naming conventions, 147
meaning of, determining, 126
method, 210
context in which a name is classified as,
129
naming conventions, 149
qualified, meaning of, 137
simple, meaning of, 137
package
in compilation units, 157
context in which a name is classified as,
130
limited significance for access control,
154
naming conventions, 147
qualified, meaning of, 132
scope, 160
simple, meaning of, 131
unique, 169
importance of, 170
parameters, naming conventions, 151
qualified
access control and, 138
fully, 145
term definition, 113
resolving references to, during resolution
phase of linking, 310
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