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Contents: 1. Preliminaries, includes material, which may be postponed until needed in later chapters: exception handling, ( may be review) threads, and concurrent programming.2. Networking. 3. Java Database Connectivity contains a thorough guide to databases using Java.4. Servlets and JavaServer Pages, shows how to add functionality to a web server. 5. Swing, presents the Swing components for building graphical user interfaces. 6. Java ADO, provides the tools to make fabulous presentations incorporating text and graphics. 7. Internationalization, treats number, currency, date and time formatting, collation, localizing user interfaces, and message formatting. 8. Multimedia, covers animation and sound, and introduces the Java Media Framework. 9. Java Beans, covers JavaBeans, components that can be configured and combined using a visual application building tool. 10. Enterprise JavaBeans, treats the new and popular Enterprise JavaBeans, using the J2EE reference implementation from Sun. 11. Collections, covers collections, sets, lists, maps, and iterators 12. Security and the Java Virtual Machine, discusses the use of a security manager, policy files, and digital signatures. 13. XML includes SAX and DOM parsing, XSLT stylesheets, and the easy SOAP approach for web services. 14. Programming Mobile Devices, uses the Java 2 Micro Edition to program cell phone applications 15. Jini and JavaSpaces, provides simple examples to illustrate these innovative technologies. 16. JSP Tags 17. Messaging and Naming graphics and low-level events.