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 "Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Corrected |
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Page 1
-- { --+--+--+- case - Expression-:-+--+-----------------------+--+-}| |
| | | | | |
| | _ | +-- Statement -------------+
| +--/1-- default ------+ | |
| | +LocalVariableDeclaration-;+
+--------------<----------+ | |
+- LocalClassDeclaration --+
| |
+----------------<---------+
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Anonymous |
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Page 20
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Now reads:
|--- " --- AnyCharacterButApostropheOrBackSlash --- " ---|
Should Read:
|--- " --- AnyCharacterButDoubleQuotetOrBackSlash --- " ---|
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Anonymous |
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Page 29
last 4 lines of the page |
"Normally, non-zero float values are represented as:
sign*mantissa*2^exponent
where sign is +1 or -1, mantissa is a positive integer less than 2**24
and exponent is an integer in the inclusive range -149 to 104."
changed to
"Normally, non-zero float values are represented as:
sign*mantissa*2^exponent-23
where sign is +1 or -1, mantissa is a positive integer less than 2^24
and exponent is an integer in the inclusive range -126 to 127."
(the ^ indicates superscript. In other words, "exponent-23" appears in
superscript.)
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Anonymous |
Jan 1998 |
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Page 30
In lines 1-4 |
"Non-zero double values are represented as:
sign*mantissa*2^exponent
where sign is +1 or -1, mantissa is a positive integer less than 2^53
and exponent is an integer in the inclusive range -1045 to 1000."
Changed to:
"Non-zero double values are represented as:
sign*mantissa*2^exponent-52
where sign is +1 or -1, mantissa is a positive integer less than 2^53
and exponent is an integer in the inclusive range -1022 to 1023."
(the ^ indicates superscript. In other words, "exponent-52" appears in
superscript.)
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Anonymous |
Jan 1998 |
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Page 34
In line 4: swapped "s" and "t" |
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Anonymous |
Jan 1998 |
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Page 40
the railroad diagram should not indicate that the word "super" is a |
term, since "super", by itself, is not a valid expression.
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Anonymous |
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Page 44
the diagram for Field expression should be |
|--+-------------------------------------------+--- Identifier ---+---|
| | |
+---------- super ----------------+ | |
| | | |
+-- PrimaryExpression --------+---+--- . ---+ |
| | |
+-- ClassOrInterfaceName --+--+ |
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+--- . ---- this -------------------+
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Anonymous |
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Page 48
There is an error in the railroad diagram for method call |
expression. The problem can be fixed by simplifying the diagram:
|--- FieldExpression ---- ( --- ArgumentList --- ) ---|
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Anonymous |
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Page 143
section 5.4.6.3, para. 2, lines 3-4: delete this sentence |
"It is also an error to declare a method with the same name as a
variable declared in the same class or any of its superclasses."
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Anonymous |
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Page 156
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There is an example program "class foo" which reads:
class foo {
static int i = 4;
static {
i += 2;
j = 5 * i; // forward reference to j
}
static int j = 7; // deklaration of j
static double d;
static frame f = new Frame(); // frame should be Frame
static { d = Math.tan(Math.PI / j); }
}
In the following two paragraphs this example is explained to be
correct, especially the forward reference to the variable j, made
in the static initializer preceeding the variable declaration.
When you compile this, with both JDK 1.1.6 and JDK 1.2,
both versions of the compiler says:
Can't make forward reference to j in class foo.
j = 5 * i;
^
1 error
The specifications for Java said this should be okay, and I believe it
used to work with an earlier release, possibly the 1.1 beta. But the
specifications were changed just before 1.1 was released. Please
disregard this section on forward references. It will be removed from
future editions.
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Anonymous |
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Page 181
the railroad diagram for switch statement is incorrect: the problem |
is that the contents of a switch block must begin with a switch label and
the railroad diagram does not reflect that requirement.
Here's an ASCII version of the corrected diagram:
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+---- switch ------ ( --- identifier --- ) ------------------(1)
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+---------------------------<-----------------------------+
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Anonymous |
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Page 382
Under "public void checkwrite(string file)", "throws securityException", |
you write "If the caller does not have permission to 'read from' the named
file ...", but the actual description & method name contradict this.
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Anonymous |
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Page 477
Added the following to the last para. |
"Whenever possible, our books use RepKover (tm), a durable and flexible
lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect
binding is used."
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Anonymous |
Jan 1998 |
