INDEX

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continued

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final

 modifier

hidden

See also

 declarations; modifiers

accessing using cast, 323

classes

accessing with

binary compatibility considerations, 242

super

 keyword, 322

declaration of, 133

this

 keyword, 269

fields

of an interface

binary compatibility considerations, 250

ambiguous inherited example, 188

declaration and use, 146, 186

binary compatibility considerations, 251

final

 by default in, interface,

declarations, 186, 187

declaration, 187

examples, 188

volatile

 declaration not permitted for,

initialization, 187

148

during the preparation phase of

methods

linking, 221

binary compatibility considerations, 255

multiply inherited example, 188

declaration and use, 160

public

 by default, 187

not permitted in interface method

length

, as member of an array, 88

declarations, 189

as members

reasons why constructors cannot be, 178

of a class, 86

finalization

of an interface, 87

See also

 exceptions; linking

names, naming conventions, 109

of classes, 235

NoSuchFieldError

 class, 611

finalizable, as object attribute, 232

public

, by default in interface declaration,

finalize

 method

187

as member of

Object

 class, 41

references, active use, 224

of class

FileInputStream

, 686

scope of, 81

of class

FileOutputStream

, 724

Fifth Dimension

, 317

of class

Object

, 463

files

finalized, as object attribute, 232

See also

 I/O; input; output; streams

finalizer

binary, format, 238

method calls, unordered nature of, 234

File

 class, 752, 753

finalizer reachable, as object attribute, 232

FileInputStream

 class, 684

finally

 clause, exception handling use,

FilenameFilter

 interface, 759

204

FileOutputStream

 class, 722

implementing, 232

RandomAccessFile

 class, 743

of instances, 231

standard

implementation procedures, 232

System.err

, 580

unloading implications, 235

System.in

, 579

findSystemClass

 method

System.out

, 580

of class

ClassLoader

, 560

standard exceptions

first cat

, 126

EOFException

, 210, 762

firstElement

 method

FileNotFoundException

, 210, 763

of class

Vector

, 657

InterruptedIOException

, 210, 764

fish

IOException

, 210, 261

relationship to pianos and stringed

systems, storing packages in, 115

instruments, 137

fillInStackTrace

 method

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

, 635

of class

ThreadGroup

, 613

float

 type

, 30

filters

See also

 floating point

FilterInputStream

 class, 696

floating point

FilterOutputStream

 class, 730

See also

 arithmetic; numbers; types

Finagle's Law

, 201

algebraic identities, limits on use of, 308

Double

 class, 308, 510

Float

 class, 503

784