The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

importing all public types from a, 163
members of, 122, 154
named, in compilation units, 158
names
context in which a name is classified as,
127
fully qualified, 145
naming conventions, 147
qualified, meaning of, 132
simple, meaning of, 131
unique, importance of, 169
observable, 160
scope of, 117
shadowing, 119
storing in a
database, 157
file system, 155
term definition, 154
unnamed
compilation units belonging to, 157
in compilation units, uses and cautions,
159
and fully qualified name of top-level type,
166
parameterized type, 57
parameters
See also modifiers; variable
annotation(s), 281
constructor, 240
assignment during instance creation, 322
binary compatibility considerations, 352
description, 69
initial value, 72
as declared entity, 113
definite [un]assignment of, 547
exception
description, 70
initial value, 72
scope, 118, 397
exception handler
unaffected by memory model, 558
method
binary compatibility considerations, 352
description, 69
initial value, 72
specification of, 210
must not be assigned if final, 211
names, naming conventions, 151
scope, 118, 212
shadowing, 119, 212
to an external action, 559
type
formal, 89, 240
of a constructor, 242
Partridge, Eric, 173
Pavic, Milorad, xxix
Peirce, Charles, 527
performance
See optimization
Perlis, Alan, xxvii
Pierce, Benjamin, 91
platform-dependent
native methods are, 218
pointers
See references
polling
for asynchronous exceptions, 304
precedence
See also expressions
of operators, in expression evaluation, 417
precise
term definition, 303
precision
See also numbers
possible loss of
in narrowing primitive conversions, 82
in widening primitive conversions, 81
preparation
of classes, 315
of interfaces, 315
in Test class example, at virtual machine
startup, 310
preventing
instantiation, 248
with private constructors, 178
primitive
See also numbers
conversion
narrowing
in assignment conversion context, 94
in casting conversion context, 101
not allowed in method invocation
conversion context, reasons for, 100
widening
in assignment conversion context, 93
in binary numeric promotion context,
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