"This book was written for C++ programmers to learn the Java programming language using JDK 1.1. You can leverage your C++ skills to quickly develop Java skills to at least the level of Certified Java Programmer as defined by the Sun certification program.".

"This book moves from the basics of the Java language to the essential and powerful programming techniques supported by the Java language, including extending existing classes, implementing interfaces, exception handling, multithreading, cloning objects, run-time type information, and advanced language constructs such as inner classes. This book gives overviews of the packages provided by the Java platform.

The classes in these packages support stream I/O and random-access file I/O, networking, collection classes, programming graphical user interfaces for applications, creating applets, and internationalizing programs. A chapter on JavaBeans - reusable software components that can be input directly into an ever-growing number of rapid application development (RAD) tools - is also included."--BOOK JACKET.