Copyright

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Liang,  Y.  Daniel.
     Introduction  to  Java  programming:  comprehensive  version/Y.  Daniel  Liang.--6  th  ed.
             p.        cm.
     Includes  index.
     ISBN  0-13-222158-6
   QA76.73.J38L523  2004
   005.2 762 ”dc22
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Dedication

To Samantha, Michael, and Michelle