INDEX

floating point

 (

continued

)

forward reference

float

 type, floating point literal

See also

 scope

specification, 22, 30

compile time error in

floatToIntBits

 method, of class

Float

,

class variable initialization, 149

508

instance variable initialization, 150

floatValue

 method

to types allowed before declaration, 82

of class

Double

, 512

Franklin, Benjamin

, 215

of class

Float

, 505

freeMemory

 method

of class

Integer

, 490

of class

Runtime

, 565

of class

Long

, 497

Frost, Robert

of class

Number

, 487

Generations of Men

, 299

literals

Line gang

, 415

largest and smallest, 22

Mending Wall

, 183

term definition and specification, 22

Mountain

, 295

Long

 class, 495

Fuller, Thomas

, 823

operations, 34

required behavior, 34, 35

G

types and values, term definition and

Gabriel, Richard P.

, 6, 92

specification, 33

Gauss, Carl Friedrich

, 42, 196, 650

floor

 method

gc

 method

of class

Math

, 524

See also

 memory

flow analysis

of class

Runtime

, 566

See also

 security

of class

System

, 583

conservative, required for definite

Geisel, Theodore

, 125

assignment of local variables, 383

generation

flush

 method

code,

see

 code generation

of class

BufferedOutputStream

, 733

get

of class

DataOutputStream

, 735

get

 method

of class

FilterOutputStream

, 731

of class

BitSet

, 620

of class

OutputStream

, 721

of class

Dictionary

, 633

of class

PrintStream

, 739

of class

Hashtable

, 637

Foote, Samuel

, 290

getAbsolutePath

 method, of class

File

,

for

 statement

755

definite assignment, 396

getBoolean

 method, of class

Boolean

, 470

ForInit

 part

getBytes

 method, of class

String

, 536

initialization by, 281

getChars

 method

scope of local variable declared in, 82

of class

String

, 536

header, local variable declaration in, 266

of class

StringBuffer

, 552

specification, 280

getClass

 method, of class

Object

, 458

forDigit

 method

getClassContext

 method, of class

of class

Character

, 486

SecurityManager

, 571

form feed

getClassLoader

 method, of class

Class

,

escape sequence, 27

468

formal parameter

getDate

 method, of class

Date

, 627

See

 parameters

getDay

 method, of class

Date

, 627

Forman, Ira

, 237

getErrorStream

 method, of class

format

Process

, 561

See also

 binary, compatibility

getException

 method, of class

binary, properties of, 238

ExceptionInInitializerError

,

forName

 method

614

of class

Class

, 468

785