The Java Language Specification, 3rd Edition

Written by the inventors of the language, this book provides the mostauthoritative technical reference for all serious programmers seeking to sharpenand hone their Java programming skills. As the definitive reference book, itprovides programmers with complete, precise, and detailed coverage of theentire Java programming language and defines the current state and evolutionof the language. Java 1.5 aka “Tiger”( and soon to be Java 5.0) will be releasedin the fall of 2004, and this reference supplies coverage on the most recentupdates to the Java language including generics, a tool developers have beenasking to be included in the language for years.