[...]... language Java also provides a sophisticated model for formatting textual and numeric data Java I/O, 2nd Edition shows you how to control number formatting, use characters aside from the standard (but outdated) ASCII character set, and get a head start on writing truly multilingual software Java I/O, 2nd Edition includes: Coverage of all I/O classes and related classes In-depth coverage of Java' s number... operations more efficient? Java I/O, 2nd Edition has been updated for Java 5.0 APIs and tells you all you ever need to know about streams and probably more A discussion of I/O wouldn't be complete without treatment of character sets and formatting Java supports the UNICODE standard, which provides definitions for the character sets of most written languages Consequently, Java is the first programming... 25.1 The Bluetooth Protocol Section 25.2 The Java Bluetooth API Section 25.3 The Local Device Section 25.4 Discovering Devices Section 25.5 Remote Devices Section 25.6 Service Records Section 25.7 Talking to Devices Part PART VIII: Appendix Character Sets About the Author Colophon Colophon Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z Java I/O, 2nd Edition By Elliotte Rusty Harold Publisher:... software Java I/O, 2nd Edition includes: Coverage of all I/O classes and related classes In-depth coverage of Java' s number formatting facilities and its support for International character sets Java I/O, 2nd Edition By Elliotte Rusty Harold Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: May 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52750 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-65 Pages: 726 Table of Contents | Index Copyright Preface Part PART... 20.13 File Viewer Finis Chapter 21 Formatted I/O with java. text Section 21.1 The Old Way Section 21.2 Choosing a Locale Section 21.3 Number Formats Section 21.4 Specifying Width with FieldPosition Section 21.5 Parsing Input Section 21.6 Decimal Formats Part PART VII: Devices Chapter 22 The Java Communications API Section 22.1 The Architecture of the Java Communications API Section 22.2 Identifying Ports... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: May 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52750 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-65 Pages: 726 Table of Contents | Index All of Java' s Input/Output (I/O) facilities are based on streams, which provide simple ways to read and write data of different types Java provides many different kinds of streams, each with its own application The universe of streams is divided into four large categories:... 19.2 UTF-16 Section 19.3 UTF-8 Section 19.4 Other Encodings Section 19.5 Converting Between Byte Arrays and Strings Chapter 20 Readers and Writers Section 20.1 The java. io.Writer Class Section 20.2 The OutputStreamWriter Class Section 20.3 The java. io.Reader Class Section 20.4 The InputStreamReader Class Section 20.5 Encoding Heuristics Section 20.6 Character Array Readers and Writers Section 20.7 String... Section 13.6 Versioning Section 13.7 Customizing the Serialization Format Section 13.8 Resolving Classes Section 13.9 Resolving Objects Section 13.10 Validation Section 13.11 Sealed Objects Section 13.12 JavaDoc Part PART IV: New I/O Chapter 14 Buffers Section 14.1 Copying Files with Buffers Section 14.2 Creating Buffers Section 14.3 Buffer Layout Section 14.4 Bulk Put and Get Section 14.5 Absolute Put... Section 10.3 Zip Files Section 10.4 Checksums Section 10.5 File Viewer, Part 4 Chapter 11 JAR Archives Section 11.1 Meta-Information: Manifest Files and Signatures Section 11.2 The jar Tool Section 11.3 The java. util.jar Package Section 11.4 JarFile Section 11.5 JarEntry Section 11.6 Attributes Section 11.7 Manifest Section 11.8 JarInputStream Section 11.9 JarOutputStream Section 11.10 JarURLConnection Section .