Index_B

B

background color for frames, 271, 275–276

backslashes (/) in filenames, 249–250

backward compatibility, 228

BarAndTF class, 356

BarAtNorth class, 317

BarChart class, 183, 185

bars (|)

for bitwise operator, 40–41

for boolean operator, 46–48

in compound assignment, 51

for short-circuit operator, 49

base-2 code, 17

base-2 notation, 21

baselines

defined, 468

for text, 283, 283

batch files, 398

bin directory, 397, 397

binary operators

defined, 468

symbols for, 37

bits

defined, 468

in memory, 3

opcode and argument, 6, 6

bitwise operations

defined, 468

process, 40–41, 40–41

right-shift, 43–44, 43

BlackLineOnWhite class, 278

blocks

catch. See catch blocks

defined, 468

for if statements, 74

scope in, 68

blue color, 273–274

BlueRect class, 279

Boats class, 297–298

body of methods, 59

bold font style, 284–285

BoolArrayLab animated illustration, 108, 108–109

Boolean class, 226

boolean data type

defined, 468

for if statements, 74

for logical values, 25

wrapper class for, 240

boolean operations

comparison, 50–51

evaluation of, 46–48, 47–48

short-circuit, 49–50

BooleanOps class, 46–47

BoolLab animated illustration, 47–49, 47–48

border layout managers, 313, 317–320, 317–319

bounding boxes

defined, 468

for ovals, 280–281, 281

BoxLayout layout manager, 325

break statements

labeled, 94–97

in loops, 88–89

in switch statements, 79–81

breaking out of loops, 88–89

BtnInAFrame class, 294

bugs, finding, 206

buildColorChoice method, 370, 373

Button class, 293

buttons

in flow layout managers, 316

working with, 293–295, 293, 295

byte data type

defined, 468

range of, 21

with result types, 52–53, 53

wrapper class for, 240

bytecode

defined, 468

in JVM, 19

bytes, 3, 3

addresses of, 4, 4, 12

on disks, 248–249

reading, 249, 254–255, 256

writing, 249, 251–252, 253