Presenting Java: Errata

This page summarizes typographical errors or other technical errors in the book. See the Beta Update page for updates on changes in Java from the alpha to beta release. Check out the Java News Page for the latest on Java and the Java Information Sources Page for finding out more about Java.

Page 23: The HTML listing at the top of the page: The <OL> tag is mistakenly not closed with </OL>.
Page 30: The sentence,
"These restrictions include those on data types and the user of pointers."
Should read:
"These restrictions include those on data types and the use of pointers."
Page 78: the lines were removed from Figure 6.1. Here is an update.
Page 133: the code for EssentialOperators got chopped off. See the source file online. (Note that all the source code is available online.).
Page 187: &=|= should read &= |= %=<<= should read: %= <<=
Page 189: >>>> as the zero-fill should read >>>> (3 not 4 '>')
>> should read > for the greater than operator; >>= should read >= for the greater than or equal to operator
Page 27: first line: dowloads -> downloads
Page 90: last chapter, second line: Java -> HotJava
Page 124: first line: function -> method
Page 127: 8th line: in front of this chapter the "--" should be a black box
Page 128: 6th line from the bottom: delete one ";"
Page 130: at the end of the last paragraph to read, "The naming scheme is totally up to you, ..." and deleting the extra "a".
Page 132: 3rd line: hexidicemal -> hexidecimal
Page 135: 27th line: float -> int
Page 139: 19th line: missing operator in "counter 0"
Page 141: text chapter 2nd line: function -> method
Page 152: 11th line: unLocked -> unLock