Java continues to grow and evolve and this cookbook continues to evolve in tandem. With this
guide you'll get up to speed right away with hundreds of hands-on recipes across a broad range
of Java topics. You'll learn useful techniques for everything from string handling and
functional programming to network communication. Each recipe includes self-contained code
solutions that you can freely use along with a discussion of how and why they work. If you're
familiar with Java basics this cookbook will bolster your knowledge of the language and its
many recent changes including how to apply them in your day-to-day development. This updated
edition covers changes through Java 12 and parts of 13 and 14. Recipes include: Methods for
compiling running and debugging Packaging Java classes and building applications Manipulating
comparing and rearranging text Regular expressions for string and pattern matching Handling
numbers dates and times Structuring data with collections arrays and other types
Object-oriented and functional programming techniques Input output directory and filesystem
operations Network programming on both client and server Processing JSON for data interchange
Multithreading and concurrency Using Java in big data applications Interfacing Java with other
languages