INDEX

instance(s)

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integral types

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creation (

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short

 type, 30

expression evaluation, 314

value range, 31

order, 315

values and operations, 31

expressions as statements, 272

interfaces

invocation of initializers for instance

See also

 class(es); fields; methods;

variables during, 229

packages; subclasses; superclasses;

method dispatching during, 230

superinterfaces

finalization of, 231

abstract

 methods, 190, 191

implementation procedures, 232

accessibility, 99

instanceof

 operator

as array element types, 194

testing expression types with, 303

binary compatibility considerations, 259

testing expressions with, 303

binary representation

instantiation

binary file format requirements, 240

InstantiationError

 class, 611

verification of, 220

InstantiationException

 class, 611

body, declarations, 185

preventing, with

private

 constructors,

Cloneable

, implemented by arrays, 198

132, 180

declarations, 184

methods,

see

 methods, non 

static

(chapter), 183

standard exceptions,

LALR(1) grammar productions, 445

InstantiationException

, 131,

as members of packages, 85

210

as declared entity, 78

variables,

see

 fields, class, non 

static

fields

instanceof

 operator

binary compatibility considerations, 251

testing expression types with, 303

declarations, 186

integers

examples, 188

See also

 arithmetic; integral types; numbers

inheritance

converting to boolean values, 37

ambiguous, 188

intBitsToFloat

 method, of class

Float

,

multiply, 188

508

initialization, 187

Integer

 class, 488

initialization, 223

intValue

 method

detailed procedure, 225

of class

Double

, 512

linking, process description, 220

of class

Float

, 505

loading, 218

of class

Integer

, 489

process description, 219

of class

Long

, 496

members, 87

of class

Number

, 487

binary compatibility considerations, 260

literals

declarations, 185

longest permitted, 21

inheritance from superinterfaces, 186

term definition and specification, 19

names, access to, 186

operations, 31

methods

integral types

declarations, examples, 190

See also

 arithmetic; 31numbers; 31types; 31

overloading, 190

byte

 type, 30

examples, 191

value range, 31

overriding, 189

char

 type, 30

examples, 190

value range, 31

names

int

 type, 30

fully qualified, 105

value range, 31

naming conventions, 108

long

 type, 30

as package members, 85

value range, 31

preparation of, 221

process description, 219

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