INDEX

list

 method

local variables

(

continued

)

of class

File

, 757

hiding of names by, 268

of class

Properties

, 642

initial value, 46

of class

ThreadGroup

, 609

naming conventions, 110

Litchfield, I. W.

, 517

scope, 267, 82

literals

specification, 45

See also

 constants; fields; variables

locks

boolean, term definition and specification,

See also

 monitors; synchronization; threads

23

acquisition and release

character

by

synchronized

 networks, 161

escape sequences for, 26

by

synchronized

 statement, 289

term definition and specification, 24

(chapter), 399

evaluation of, 312

interaction with variables, rules about, 407

floating point

rules about, 406

largest and smallest permitted, 22

synchronization and, 415

term definition and specification, 22

log

 method

integer

of class

Math

, 521

largest and smallest permitted, 21

Long

 class

, 495

term definition and specification, 19

long

 type

, 30

null, term definition and specification, 27

See also

 integral types; numbers

string

integer literal specification, 20

escape sequences for, 26

value range, 31

term definition and specification, 25

longBitsToDouble

 method

term definition and specification, 19

of class

Double

, 515

as token, 7

longValue

 method

loading

of class

Double

, 512

See also

ClassLoader

 class; execution;

of class

Float

, 505

linking

of class

Integer

, 489

classes, 218

of class

Long

, 497

ClassLoader

 class, 558

of class

Number

, 487

errors, 211

Lowell, James Russell

, 417

in

Test

 class example, at virtual machine

lowerCaseMode

 method

startup, 216

of class

StreamTokenizer

, 717

interfaces, 218

lvalue

load

 method

See

 variables, as value of expression

of class

Properties

, 640

of class

Runtime

, 567

M

of class

System

, 583

Madsen, Ole Lehrmann

, 6

loadClass

 method, of class

ClassLoader

,

magnitude

559

loss of information about, possibility of in

loadLibrary

 method

narrowing primitive conversion, 55

of class

Runtime

, 567

make it so

, 369

of class

System

, 584

mark

 method

process, 219

of class

BufferedInputStream

, 701

local variables

of class

FilterInputStream

, 697

See also

 scope; variables

of class

InputStream

, 682

declarations

of class

LineNumberInputStream

, 709

definite assignment, 393

marklimit

 field

statements, 265

of class

BufferedInputStream

, 700

declarators and types, 266

markpos

 field

definite assignment, required for, 383

of class

BufferedInputStream

, 700

793