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THE JAVA LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION

With the publication of The Java Language Specification, James Gosling, Bill Joy, and Guy Steele provide the definitive technical reference for the Java programming language. It provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the entire language and its syntax. If you want to know the precise meaning of Java's constructs, this is the source.

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The following is The Java Language Specification, version 1.0, by James Gosling, Bill Joy, and Guy Steele. The printed book is published by Addison-Wesley and is currently available in bookstores. The online version is available below.

This book contains the most definitive specification of the syntax and semantics of the Java language and core packages java.lang, java.io and java.util of its Application Programming Interface. The intention is that the behavior of every language construct is specified here, so that all implementations of Java will accept the same programs.

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Changes for Java 1.1 - Originally published as Appendix D from The Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold.

Clarifications and Amendments to The Java Language Specification.

The Java Language Specification maintenance information.


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