The Java Language Specification, Third Edition

632
type
term definition, 56
reifiable type
term definition, 56
release
term definition, 561
release-to-release compatibility
See binary, compatibility
representation
binary, classes and interfaces, verification of,
314
resolution
late, in class and interface linking, 314
lazy, 311
name conflicts
avoiding with multiply inherited fields,
207
avoiding with multiply inherited types,
237, 270
context use in avoiding, 127
static, in class and interface linking, 314
symbolic references, 315
in Test class example, at virtual machine
startup, 310
return statement
definite assignment, 545
instance initializer, 239
as reason for abrupt completion, 360
specification, 392
return-type-substitutable, 268
term definition, 220
reuse, software
See binary, compatibility
right-hand side
term definition, 9
Ritchie, Dennis M., 7
Robson, David, 7
rounding
IEEE 754 standard default mode, support
required for, 41
round to nearest, term definition, 41
round toward zero, term definition, 41
run-time
checks of expressions, 411
errors
See exceptions
RuntimeException class
unchecked exceptions found in, 222
state, linking binary objects into, 314
type, 73
validity checks, casting conversion requirements,
104
Runtime class, 331
S
scope
See also declarations; inheritance; names;
object-oriented concpets
of declarations, 117
formal parameter, 212, 118, 212
of a local class, 118, 362
of local variable declared by for statement
, 118, 385, 387
member, 118, 190, 263
overview, 113
package, 160
parameters
formal, 212
shadowing rules, 119
of a top-level type, 117, 166
types declared by an import declaration,
117, 161
exception parameters, 397
in, term definition, 117
initializer execution relative to issues of,
202, 203, 239
of a local class, 362
in method invocation expressions, 440
of names
of exception handler parameters, 118, 397
local variables, 70, 118, 364
parameters
formal, 118, 212
of a class’ type parameter, 118, 179, 220,
242, 261
of names
nested classes, variables and definite
[un]assignment, 538
term definition, 117
type initialization order restrictions, 317
security
See also access control; exceptions; types;
virtual machine