Assuming a familiarity with Java, this book collects 312 solutions with code snippets for working with the core APIs, data processing, input and output, graphical user interfaces, network clients, databases, XML, packages of classes, and threaded Java. The second edition adds a chapter on generic types and enumerations and covers version 1.5 of Java 2 standard edition. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR