Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 31 line -1: changed "clockwise" to "counter-clockwise" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 32 line 1: changed "clockwise" to "counter-clockwise" |
and line |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 37 The first line of text has only one word; the rest of the |
paragraph should be brought up. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 77, 668 FontMetrics::getWidths() returns an array of 256 ints, not |
255 (0 to 255) |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 84 under heading public static Color getColor(String name, Color |
defaultColor), second paragraph there is a big hole in the second |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 97 There needs to be a footnote after the clause "Using the screen |
in Figure 4-1 as the basis," in section 4.1.3: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 180 In the Keyboard section, the method signatures |
public boolean keyDown(Event e, int key) |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 207 Container::component add(Component, int) end of 1st paragraph |
if you try to add _component_ to to a container that already contains |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 212 line -2: added "synchronized" before "void" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 212 In discussion of the invalidate() method: "recursively |
invalidates the children" should be "recursively invalidates the |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 229 Change text of section titled: Listeners and 1.1 event handling |
[This includes top of the next page] |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 274 in the description of "public int[][] getLayoutDimenstions ()", |
sentence 2: "Index 0 is an array of widths" should be "Index 0 is a |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 307 added "synchronized" to line after 1st header |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 353 "public int getSelectedCheckbox()" should be "public |
Checkbox getSelectedCheckbox()". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 358 under "events": added white star after "public boolean postEvent |
(Event e)" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page 360 10.2.1: added a white star to middle item |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 364 the list item |
public void addActionListener(ItemListener listener) |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 370 OK, here's the background. Solaris machine running Java 1.1, |
but using 1.0 event model. CheckboxMenuItem is supposed to return an |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 620 line 12 of "Class Definition": added "synchronized" before "void" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 622 under "addContainerListender": added "synchronized" before "void" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 625 Container.invalidate(): method is missing filled star, and |
description should be changed to: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 653 The description for postEvent is missing. |
Anonymous | |||
Printed | Page 741 line -3: added a white star |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 742 last item: added a white star |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 744 line 5 of "Class Definition:" added a white star |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 796 19.58, Class Definition, line 4: added "synchronized" before "void" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 797 Instance Methods: added "synchronized" before "void" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 959 The handleEvent method should have a parameter of type |
"AWTEvent", not "Event". This should also be corrected in the |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 999 code line 6: changed "ARCHIVES" to "ARCHIVE" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 999-1002 There are several references to an "ARCHIVES=" parameter to |
the <APPLET> tag in HTML. According to Sun's documentation, and |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1000 changed para. 6: changed "ARCHIVES" to "ARCHIVE" and added new |
first sentence: |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1997 |