Series Foreword

T

HE Java Series books provide definitive reference documentation for Java pro 

grammers and end users. They are written by members of the Java team and pub 

lished under the auspices of JavaSoft, a Sun Microsystems business. The World 

Wide Web allows Java documentation to be made available over the Internet,

either by downloading or as hypertext. Nevertheless, the world wide interest in

Java technology led us to write and publish these books to supplement all of the

documentation at our Web site

To learn the latest about the Java Platform and Environment or download the

latest Java release, visit our World Wide Web site at

http://java.sun.com

. For

updated information about the Java Series, including sample code, errata, and pre 

views of forthcoming books, visit

http://java.sun.com/Series.

We would like to thank the Corporate and Professional Publishing Group at

Addison Wesley for their partnership in putting together the Series. Our editor

Mike Hendrickson and his team have done a superb job of navigating us through

the world of publishing. Within Sun Microsystems, the support of James Gosling,

Jon Kannegaard, and Bill Joy ensured that this series would have the resources it

needed to be successful. In addition to the tremendous effort by individual

authors, many members of the JavaSoft team have contributed behind the scenes

to bring the highest level of quality and engineering to the books in the Series. A

personal note of thanks to my children Christopher and James for putting a posi 

tive spin on the many trips to my office during the development of the Series.

Lisa Friendly

Series Editor

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