P

packages

package-level access to classes, 13–14

searches, 769–771, 780

source files declaration rules, 11

parameter variable, 603

parse(), 465

parseXxx(), 231

parsing. See searches

pass-by-value, 204–205

passing into methods, variables, 256

Pattern class, 482–484

pattern matching searches, 482–484

polymorphism, 94–98

anonymous inner classes and, 649

generic types and, 582–584

inheritance and, 88–90

instance methods and, 98

in overridden and overloaded methods, 109–111

overview, 94–95

reference variables and, 96–98

two-minute drill, 153

precision value, format strings, 490

primitives

arrays of, 220–221

assigned values, 277

assigning, 181–183

casting, 183–185, 255

declaration, of class members, 49–51

default values, 193–194

equality (= = and !=) operators for, 280–281

instance variables, 194

literal values, 176–180

local primitives, 197–199

passing primitive variables, 205–206

primitive variable assigned to another primitive variable, 188

variable declarations, 49–51

print statements, 289

printf(), 489–491

printStackTrace(), 355

PrintWriter class, 430

priorities, thread, 696–698

PriorityQueue, 544–545, 566–567

private

access modifiers, 24

class members, 29–32

methods, 381–382

programmatically thrown exceptions, 368–369

properties

JavaBeans naming rules, 8–9

system properties, 764–765

protected

access modifiers, 24

class members, 32–34

protected details of class member, 34–36

public

access modifiers, 24

class access, 14–15

class member access, 26–29

source files declaration rules, 11

public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String s), 422

public char charAt(int index), 421

public int length(), 422

public methods

assertions and, 380–381

equals(), hashCode(), and toString(), 524

public String concat(String s), 421–422

public String replace(char old, char new), 422

public String substring (int begin), 422–423

public String substring (int begin, int end), 422–423

public String tolowerCase(), 423

public String toString(), 424, 427

public String toUppcrCase(), 424

public String trim(), 424

public StringBuffer delete (int start, int end), 426–427

public StringBuilder insert(int offset, String s), 427

public synchronized StringBuffer append(String s), 426

public synchronized StringBuffer reverse(), 427