Minor Errata for
The Java Programming Language

Fourth Edition

by

Ken Arnold, James Gosling and David Holmes

First Printing

"Well, if you can't believe what you read in a comic book,
what can you believe?!"
-- Bullwinkle J. Moose [Jay Ward]

This page contains the minor errata -- typos, grammatical errors, font and layout problems -- in the first printing of the book. You may also want to view the list of technical errata -- those things that are wrong or lead you astray -- especially before you email us about an error.

You can tell which printing you have by looking at the bottom of the copyright page (the page that faces the dedication page, and starts with "Copyright © 2006 by Sun Microsystems, Inc."). The last line on this page gives the printing number and date.

If you find an error in the book, please check to see if it is already known before reporting it. If you do not find it in the list, please mail us the relevant information, including page numbers. All errata will be fixed in the next possible printing. We are thankful to all those who have reported errata.

Errata for all printings:

• for First Printing (this document)
• for Second Printing
• for Third Printing

CHAPTER 1: A Quick Tour

CHAPTER 2: Classes and Objects

CHAPTER 3: Extending Classes

• On page 100 in the paragraph after the toString description, in the final sentence where it says "any two different objects are not equal", the word "equal" should not be in code font.

CHAPTER 4: Interfaces

CHAPTER 5: Nested Classes and Interfaces

CHAPTER 6: Enumeration Types

• Page 154, Section 6.2.1. The first sentence after the list of enum modifiers should read:

  When multiple modifiers are applied to the same enum declaration ...

  not "same interface declaration".
• Page 155, Section 6.3.1. In the paragraph under the declaration of the Suit enum, in the last sentence the word "the" should not be in code font.

CHAPTER 7: Tokens, Values and Variables

CHAPTER 8: Primitives as Types

CHAPTER 9: Operators and Expressions

CHAPTER 10: Control Flow

• Page 240, Section 10.5.2. The first sentence of the paragraph between the two code fragments incorrectly refers to the variable i instead of the variable val. It should read:

  The for statement is read "for each val in values" and each time through the loop we add the next value, val, to the sum.

CHAPTER 11: Generic Types

CHAPTER 12: Exceptions and Assertions

CHAPTER 13: Strings and Regular Expressions

CHAPTER 14: Threads

CHAPTER 15: Annotations

CHAPTER 16: Reflection

CHAPTER 17: Garbage Collection and Memory

CHAPTER 18: Packages

CHAPTER 19: Documentation Comments

CHAPTER 20: The I/O Package

CHAPTER 21: Collections

CHAPTER 22: Miscellaneous Utilities

CHAPTER 23: System Programming

CHAPTER 24: Internationalization and Localization

CHAPTER 25: Standard Packages

APPENDIX A: Application Evolution

APPENDIX B: Useful Tables

Further Reading

Index