Preface

RicK Miller

Raffi Kasparian

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Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Prepared by Pulp Free Press

Miller, Rick, 1961 - , Kasparian, Raffi, 1962

Java For Artists: The Art, Philosophy, and Science of Object-Oriented Programming/Rick Miller and Raffi Kasparian.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-9325-0405-7

ISBN-10: 1932504052 (pbk)

1. Java (computer program language) I. Raffi Kasparian II. Title.

2. Object-Oriented Programming (Computer Science)

QA76.73.J38M555 2006

005.13'3--dc21 Library of Congress Control Number: 2005902971

CIP

The source code provided in this book is intended for instructional purposes only. Although every possible measure was made by the authors to ensure the programming examples contain error-free source code, no warranty is offered, expressed, or implied regarding the quality of the code.

All product names mentioned in this book are trademark names of their respective owners.

Java For Artists was meticulously crafted on a Macintosh PowerMac G4 using Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustra-tor, Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, ObjectPlant, Microsoft Word, Maple, and Virtu-alPC. Photos were taken with a Nikon F3HP, a Nikon FM, and a Contax T3. Java source code examples were prepared using Apple’s OS X developer tools, vi, TextPad, Eclipse, and Sun’s Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE ver-sions 1.4 and 1.5) command-line tool suite.

ISBN-10: 1-932504-03-6 First eBook/PDF Edition

ISBN-10: 1-932504-04-4 First CD ROM Edition

ISBN-10: 1-932504-05-2 First Paperback Edition

Dedication

Again — to Coralie and Kyle for their eternal patience.

Rick

To my lovely wife Joycelyn for her patience and support and especially for introducing me to Java way back when it was version 1.0.

Raffi