The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

conversions of and to
See conversions
errors in handling
See exceptions
manipulating
See arithmetic operators
numeric promotion
binary, 110
specification, 108
term definition, 78
unary, 108
primitive types
See
byte type;
char type;
double type;
float type;
floating-point;
int type;
integers;
integral type;
long type;
short type
related types
See boolean; characters; strings
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Object class, 47, 98, 125, 263, 273, 293,
326, 466
and array subtyping, 64
cannot have extends clause, 184
object-oriented concepts
See class(es); encapsulation; fields; inheritance;
method(s); objects
objects
Class, array, 293
fields that reference, final modifier effect
on changes to, 71, 199
finalization attributes, 326
operations on references to, 46
reachable, finalization implication, 326
reference
See references
state
impact of changes, 46
transient fields not part of, 199
term definition and specification, 45
unreachable, finalization implications, 327
obscured
declaration, term definition, 122
label, 117
by labels, 370
of labels, 370
observable
all compilation units in java and java.lang
are, 158
compilation unit
determined by host, 155
term definition, 157
package
and meaning of qualified package name,
132
term definition, 160
octal
See also numbers
base, permitted in integer literals, 22
numerals, specification, 23
one of phrase
grammar notation use, 12
operators
See also constructors; expressions; initialization;
methods; numbers
arithmetic, numeric promotion, specification,
108
assignment, as only way to change the value
of a primitive variable, 35
binary, evaluation order, 414
boolean, 43
compound assignment, evaluation order, 415
floating-point, 40
signed infinity produced by overflow, 41
signed zero produced by underflow, 41
integer
divide, divide by zero exception thrown by
, 37
overflow not indicated by, 37
underflow not indicated by, 37
integral, 36
list of, 31
operands evaluated before, 416
precedence, in expression evaluation, 417
on reference types, 46
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