Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Here they are using "primitive" to mean "a simple building block from which more complex concepts can be built."
The Java platform supports multithreading at the language level with the addition of sophisticated synchronization primitives: the language library provides the Thread class, and the run-time system provides monitor and condition lock primitives. At the library level, moreover, Java technology's high-level system libraries have been written to be thread safe: the functionality provided by the libraries is available without conflict to multiple concurrent threads of execution.
A white paper written by James Gosling and Henry McGilton.
Originally posted by Bert Bates:
use Java 5 for everything
Originally posted by Kaydell Leavitt:
I think that the J2EE Tutorial is way too bulky. I like Cameron McKenzie's Sun Certified Java Associate book. It is a better overview of all of Java technologies like Sun intended the SCJA to be. In this case less is much more.
If you get Cameron's book, make sure that you get the new edition. It has many improvements.
Cameron McKenzie's SCJA Study Guide
Kaydell
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SCJA 94%
[ July 13, 2007: Message edited by: Kaydell Leavitt ]
Originally posted by dolly shah:
Your java platform should be latest. K & B book of java 5 is enough with addition to sun tutorial. So you have enough material as I think.