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and need a comprehensive reference of programming solutions, this book

is an outstanding choice. Extremely well written in a friendly,

conversational style, it includes several hundred code and program

examples for common tasks. The book is thoroughly indexed and

cross-referenced, and you can get all the source code from the publisher's

website. Each of the "recipes" clearly describes a programming task

and suggests one or more solutions. The introductory chapter includes

valuable suggestions on program development and debugging.

For a long time my standard Java help book had been Flanagan's

"Java Examples in a Nutshell". While that is still a good reference,

Java Cookbook is what I'll be using from now on.