Java 2 Developer's Handbook

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Summary: a book talking so deep
Review: all the adanced aspects of java is mentioned, but out of date

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Summary: Confusing book
Review: I bought certification study guide from the same authors and passed the exam easily. This book is a logical step further since the style and approach is the same. Of course it doesn't cover everything and of course it doesn't cover 100% of all mentioned topics, but the book has only about 1000 pages and you have to draw a line somewhere.

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Summary: Files missing from CD-ROM
Review: I bought this book when I was a beginner and read it rather quickly. Today I started work on a telnet client and remembered the book describing the use of telnet URLConnection. Cool, so I loaded the CD-ROM and to my disappointment no protocol handlers (the telnet handler or one for the other example) were included at all. I e-mailed their support person but after a few exchanges it became clear he didn't have a clue.

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Summary: Confusing book
Review: I was reading this book for reference on ChangeListener (page 729). The examples given does not even IMPLEMENT the ChangeListener interface. What a strange way to programing. This is entirely different from LeMay's TY 21 day examples. I am really confused. I am not buying another book by the same authors.