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Java Network Programming

Errata for Java Network Programming

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Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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para. 3, line 9: "content handers" should be "content handlers"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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last para., line 3: "reaon" should be "reason"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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end of 1st para: "who to reply to." should be changed to "where

to send the reply", or at a minimum "whom to reply to" (or something
similar like "to whom to reply").

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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para. 3, line 3: the comma between "computers" and "connected"

should be deleted

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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Changed Figure 2-3. It now reads:

B 1 0
C 1 1 0
D 1 1 1 0
E 1 1 1 1 0

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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next-to-last para., line 1: "keyword lets the server" should be

"keyword that lets the server"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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Table 3-2, line -6: "serve.class" now reads "serve .class"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In step 4 deleted <P>

GET /javafaq/classes/animation.class HTTP/1.0

and the blank line that followed it.

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In the second paragraph, the text used to read:


"applets loaded from the network"

It now reads:

"untrusted, unsigned applets loaded from the network"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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para. after list: "Of these eight" should be "Of these ten"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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"Of these eight" changed to "Of these ten"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 68
In the first paragraph, changed "polymorphic newInetAddressFactory()

methods." to "overloaded newInetAddressFactory() methods."

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Example 4-8: changed

// Use a byte array like {199, 1, 32, 90} to build
// an InetAddressObject

to

// Use a byte array like {(byte) 199, (byte) 1, (byte) 32, (byte) 90}
// to build an InetAddressObject

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Para. 1, line 4 used to read:

"we add a polymorphic newInetAddress() method"

It now reads:

"we add an overloaded newInetAddress() method"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In para. 3, line 3: "Factory" in "InetAddressFactory" is now in

constant-width font.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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1st code, line 7: "in dotted quad format" now appears within a

comment block.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Para. -1, line -3 used to read "11:53 PM"; changed to "10:53 PM"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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2nd para., line 4: "package" is in constant-width, should be

Roman

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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1st code, line 2: "thispage" should read "thisPage"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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1st code, line 2: "thispage" should read "thisPage"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 1998
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Page 99

Code line 15 used to read:


URL root = new URL(args[0])

It now reads

URL root = new URL(args[i])

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The code line 20 used to read:

System.err.println(args[0] + " is not a parseable URL")

It now reads:

System.err.println(args[i] + " is not a parseable URL")

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In line 21: "finally" is now in a comment.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In code 1, line 1: the space after "paint" was deleted.

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In code 3 & 4: deleted spurious space after "("

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Para. 5, last line: added a thinspace after "logo.gif"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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There were some extra closing parentheses at the ends of the

last three code fragments. They now read:

Image myImage = getImage(getCodeBase(), "logo.gif");
Image myImage = getImage( getDocumentBase(), "logo.gif");
Image myImage = getImage( getDocumentBase(), "images/logo.gif");

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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The last code fragment at the bottom of the page had an extra

closing parenthesis at the end. It now reads:

play(getCodeBase(), "gong.au"));

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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The first two code fragments at the top of the page had

extra closing parentheses. They now read:

play(getDocumentBase(), getParameter("soundfile"));
play (getDocumentBase(), "sounds/gong.au");

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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Para. 3, last line: "sounds" is now in italics

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The first and third code fragments on the page had extra

parentheses. They now read:

getAudioClip(getCodeBase(), "gong.au");
getAudioClip (getDocumentBase(), "sounds/gong.au");

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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1st line of text: "You use these constants are used" now reads:

"These constants are used"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The text was changed from m.statusAll to m.statusID.

These two examples used to read:

"statusAll"

They now read:

"statusID"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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The second to last paragraph now reads:

The Multihome applet redirects requests for
http://www.siteA.com/somedirectory/somefile.html to requests for
http://www.siteA.com/www.siteA.com/somedirectory/somefile.html, requests
for http://www.siteB.com/somedirectory/somefile.html to requests for
http://www.siteB.com/www.siteB.com/somedirectory/somefile.html, and so on.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The 2nd code example used to read: "to Ora" It now reads: "toOra"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 155

In Example 7-3, the line used to read:

theSocket = new Socket(host, i)</CODE>

It now reads:

theSocket = new Socket(theAddress, i)</CODE>

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In the next-to-last para.: "IOException" is now in constant-width

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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1st para., line 2: "when" is in Garamond font.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 164

Para. 1, line 2: "You use the hostname is to create" now reads:

"You use the hostname to create"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Example 7-7 used to read:

theSocket = new Socket(host, i)

It now reads:

theSocket = new Socket(theAddress, i)

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Para. 4, line 4: added a space between "java.net" and "package"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Changed

if (!s.getTcpNoDelay()) s.setTcpNoDelay()

to

if (!s.getTcpNoDelay()) s.setTcpNoDelay(true)

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 169

First code fragment used to read:


if (s.getTcpNoLinger() != -1) ......

It now reads:

s.getSoLinger

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Changed s.setSoLinger(240) to s.setSoLinger(true, 240)

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 188

In the code fragemnt in the middle of the page used to read:

"InetAddress.getHostByName("sunsite.unc.edu")"

It now reads:

"InetAddress.getByName("sunsite.unc.edu")"

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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Page 189
The comma after "can't" and "want to" should be removed in

the note at the bottom of the page.

Anonymous   
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Page 193
Changed both occurrences of InterruptedException to

InterruptedIOException

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 199
In Example 8-5, changed

static String theData;

to

static String theData = "";

in the first line of the class

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In Example 8-5, changed

String thisLine;

to

String thisLine = "";

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Changed code. It now reads:

--------------cut here-----------------------
public void run() {

String method;
String file="";
String ct;
String version = "";
File theFile;

try {
PrintStream os = new PrintStream(theConnection.getOutputStream());
DataInputStream is = new DataInputStream(theConnection.getInputStream());
String get = is.readLine();
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(get);
method = st.nextToken();
if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
file = st.nextToken();
if (file.endsWith("/")) file += indexfile;
}
if (st.hasMoreTokens()) version = st.nextToken();
if (method.equals("GET")) {
ct = guessContentTypeFromName(file);
// loop through the rest of the input lines
while ((get = is.readLine()) != null) {
if (get.trim().equals("")) break;
}

try {
theFile = new File(docroot, file.substring(1,file.length()));
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(theFile);
byte[] theData = new byte[(int) theFile.length()];
// need to check the number of bytes read here
fis.read(theData);
fis.close();

if (version.startsWith("HTTP/")) { // send a MIME header
os.print("HTTP/1.0 200 OK
");
Date now = new Date();
os.print("Date: " + now + "
");
os.print("Server: jhttp 1.0
");
os.print("Content-length: " + theData.length + "
");
os.print("Content-type: " + ct + "

");
} // end try

// send the file
os.write(theData);
os.close();
} // end try
catch (IOException e) { // can't find the file
if (version.startsWith("HTTP/")) { // send a MIME header
os.print("HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
");
Date now = new Date();
os.print("Date: " + now + "
");
os.print("Server: jhttp 1.0
");
os.print("Content-type: text/html" + "

");
}
os.println("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>File Not Found</TITLE></HEAD>");
os.println("<BODY><H1>HTTP Error 404: File Not
Found</H1></BODY></HTML>");
os.close();
}
}
else { // method does not equal "GET"
if (version.startsWith("HTTP/")) { // send a MIME header
os.print("HTTP/1.0 501 Not Implemented
");
Date now = new Date();
os.print("Date: " + now + "
");
os.print("Server: jhttp 1.0
");
os.print("Content-type: text/html" + "

");
}
os.println("<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Not Implemented</TITLE></HEAD>");
os.println("<BODY><H1>HTTP Error 501: Not
Implemented</H1></BODY></HTML>");
os.close();
}
}
catch (IOException e) {

}
try {
theConnection.close();
}
catch (IOException e) {
}

}

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In Examples 9-7

Changed

try {
DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket(port);
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
while (true) {
try {
to

try {
DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket(port);
while (true) {
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
try {

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In the code, changed to order of the lines

try{
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);

It now reads:

DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
try{

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The line

"public UPDClient(InetAddress ia, int port) throws SocketException {"

was aligned one space to the left.

Anonymous    Mar 01, 2000
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2nd paragraph, 1st sentence, changed "may be overridden" to

"may be accessed"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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2nd paragraph, 4th sentence, changed "Subclasses override this

field with" to "Subclasses change this field to"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In paragraph 3, changed

"If the buffer length is not specified, 512 bytes is used."

to:

"If the buffer length is not specified 65,507 bytes is
used."

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In Example 9-11, changed

protected static int defaultPort = 13;

to

static { defaultPort = 13; }

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 236
Changed "can be overridden by subclasses" to "can be changed by

subclasses"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Example 9-12: changed

incoming = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
while (true) {

to

while (true) {
incoming = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 238
Example 9-13: changed

"protected static int defaultPort = 9;"

to

static { defaultPort = 13; }

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Example 9-14: changed

"protected static int defaultPort = 9;"

to

static { defaultPort = 13; }

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Example 9-15: changed

"protected static int defaultPort = 7;"

to

static { defaultPort = 7; }

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Example 9-15: changed

"protected static int defaultPort = 13;"

to

static { defaultPort = 13; }

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Deleted the line eot.stop(); in Example 9-18.

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Example 9-19<P>

Changed

buffer = new byte[65507];

to
byte[] buffer = new byte[65507];

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In para 1 (after code), line 1: "as Example 5-5" should be

"as Example 5-6".

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 252
Changed

uc.getHeaderField("content-encoding"));

to

uc.getHeaderField("content-encoding");

That is, deleted the extra closing parenthesis.

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 253
Changed "The first header is zero" to "The first MIME header is

one."

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In paragraph 3: changed

"The request above contains two name-value pairs, separated by
ampersands."

to

"The request above contains two name-value pairs, separated
by an ampersand."

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 278
In example 10-16, deleted the line "int cl = query.length();"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 284
In list item number 3, changed

sun.net.www.protocol.Handler
to

sun.net.www.protocol.protocol.Handler

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Page 284
In list item number 3, changed the first "protocol":

sun.net.www.protocol.protocol.Handler

It is no longer in italics.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 288
In paragraph 4: changed

"This method must be overridden in each subclass of
<CODE>URLConnection</CODE>."

to

"This method must be overridden in each
subclass of <CODE>URLStreamHandler</CODE>."

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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In Example 11-2 at the top of the page, changed

return text/plain;

to

return "text/plain;

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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The text used to read:

"of the createURLStreamHandlerFactory interface"

It now reads:

"of the URLStreamHandlerFactory interface"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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SO_LINGER code example

The code example to setSoLinger()
if (s.getTcpSoLinger() == -1) s.setSoLinger(true, 240);

should read:
if (s.getSoLinger() == -1) s.setSoLinger(true, 240);

p. 376: At the beginning of the first sentence of the last paragraph,
"fSecure client sockets" should be "Secure client sockets".

Anonymous   
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{311} Example 12-2: In the test() method, deleted "String theLine;"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999
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Para. 3, line 5: "Image" now reads "IMAGE"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Para. 2, line 1: "Asssigned" now reads "Assigned"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Figure 13-3: The labels "without Multicast Sockets" and "with

Multicast Sockets" were reversed. "withMulticast Sockets" is
now over the left half of the picture.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 343
In Example 13-3, moved the line

DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);

Immediately after

while (true) {; i.e.

Now reads:

while (true) {
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 344
In the footnote: "InetAddress Factory" now reads "InetAddressFactory"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 350
Table 14-1: java.awt.Image is not Serializable. Moved it from

the left hand column to the right-hand column.

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 352
In Fig 14-1, the "Skeleton" block under the client program has been

changed to "Stub".

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In line -3: "Hello, world!" now reads "Hello, World!"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 359
Paragraph 4: Deleted the phrase ", just as the server did".

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Line 2: "System.setSecurityManager" changed the font on the first "S"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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The second sentence in the section "The LocateRegistry Class"

"This is achieved with four polymorphic versions the static
getRegistry()method."

Now reads

"This is achieved with four overloaded versions of the static
getRegistry() method."

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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2nd bullet item, last line: "mangers" now reads "managers"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Changed "a polymorphic version" to "an overloaded version"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Page 380
In item #6: "vresponse" now reads "response"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Para. 3, line -3: changed the font on "service" to CW

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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2nd line from the bottom: "IOEXception" now reads "IOException"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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2nd text para.: "writeErrorResponse" now reads "sendError"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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In the Index, item "getContentType", subitem

"servletRequestI interface)" - deleted parenthesis

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Item "IANA", deleted page 29 listing

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Item "opening", subitem "URLConection" now reads "URLConnection"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Item "REGISTRY_PORT field, 368" now reads "REGISTRY_PORT field, 369"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999
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Item "TCP_DELAY" now reads "TCP_NODELAY"

Anonymous    Jun 01, 1999