For intermediate-to-advanced-level undergraduate courses in Java programming.

Designed specifically for students with development experience, the best selling Core Java offers real-world guidance for using Java to solve even the most challenging programming problems. This Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated for Sun's JDK 2 Version 1.3 and 1.4, and adds significant coverage in many of today's most important areas of Java programming -- notably XML, servlets, security, and native methods.