For courses in Java programming.Java 2 By Example, Second Edition teaches the basic concepts of Java through the use of examples and exercises. It has been revised and updated to include the newest features in Java 2 SDK 1.4. It teaches the fundamentals of the Java language, including operators, expressions, statements and more, plus Object-Oriented Programming with classes and objects, inheritance, and dynamic methods. Later chapters demonstrate organizing data in collections and developing user interfaces with the Java Foundation Classes (JFC), Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) and Swing APIs. It is filled with new material covering topics such as networking and security. It includes a real-world case study using Java to build a useful personal information manager, which uses all the skills learned throughout the book.