Java Network Programming, 1st Edition

After two long years of writing, the second edition of Java Network Programming is now available. I'm keeping these pages here for readers who've already purchased the first edition. However, I recommend that you upgrade to the second edition when you get a chance. It's much more up-to-date and much more comprehensive. The web site for the second edition can be found at http://metalab.unc.edu/javafaq/books/jnp2e/.

Most of what is new and exciting about Java centers around the potential for new kinds of dynamic, networked applications, and O'Reilly's Java Network Programming shows you how to write them. Topics covered include sockets, URLs, InetAddresses, UDP, TCP/IP, CGI, multicasting, applets, servlets, RMI, and more.

Manning Publications has also recently published a book titled Java Network Programming. It's not a bad book, and is surprisingly orthogonal to mine. About 2/3 of that book is streams and encryption which I only touch on. My book covers servlets, applets, multicast sockets, and Java 1.1 which that book only touches on. The matching titles appear to be just unlucky choices. Both publishers went with the most obvious title they could think of. However the cover of the Manning book has a big fish, and looks suspiciously like an O'Reilly book. Don't be fooled. The real O'Reilly book has a gyroscope or a chameleon on the cover. (The first few printings have the gyroscope. Later printings have the chameleon, and a few minor corrections but no major changes.)

If I've succeeded in piqueing your interest, you should be able to find Java Network Programming at almost any bookstore that carries computer books including the online bookstore, amazon.com or Computer Literacy.

If you need to special order it, the ISBN number is 1565922271. It's $34.95, published by O'Reilly, and written by me, Elliotte Rusty Harold.

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Why Networked Java? 1: What Can a Network Program Do? 2; But Wait. There's More! 11
Chapter 2 Basic Network Concepts 12: Network 12; IP, TCP, and UDP 17; The Internet 21; The Client-Server Model 25; Internet Standards: RFCs 27
Chapter 3 Basic Web Concepts 33: URLs, URIs, and URNs 34; HTML and SGML 36; HTTP 38; MIME 44; CGI 48; Applets and Security 51
Chapter 4 Processing Internet Addresses 56: DNS, IP Addresses, and All That 56; The InetAddress Class 57; Converting IP Addresses to Names 67; Some Useful Programs 71
Chapter 5 Retrieving Data with URLs 78: The URL Class 78; The URLEncoder Class 94; Some Useful Programs 97
Chapter 6 The Network Methods of java.applet.Applet 109: Using the Applet Class to Download Data 109; The ImageObserver Interface 117; The MediaTracker Class 122; The Network Methods of the AppletContext Interface 131; Some Useful Programs 134
Chapter 7 Sockets for Clients 149: What Is a Socket? 149; The Socket Class 152; Socket Exceptions 169; Some Useful Programs 170
Chapter 8 Sockets for Servers 184: What Is a Server Socket? 184; The ServerSocket Class 185; Some Useful Servers 195
Chapter 9 UDP Datagrams and Sockets 212: What Is a UDP Datagram? 212; The DatagramPacket Class 214; The DatagramSocket Class 221; A Higher Level of Abstraction 230; Some Useful Applications 233
Chapter 10 The URLConnection Class 244: The URLConnection Class 244; Some Useful Programs 267
Chapter 11 Protocol Handlers 281: What Is a Protocol Handler? 281; Writing a URLStreamHandler 285; Writing a Protocol Handler 289; Factories for URLStreamHandlers 292; More Protocol Handler Examples\& and Techniques 297
Chapter 12 Content Handlers 303: What Is a Content Handler? 303; The ContentHandler Class 306; Factories for ContentHandlers 309; Some More Content Handlers 312
Chapter 13 Multicast Sockets 325: What Is a Multicast Socket? 325; Working with Multicast Sockets 337; Two Simple Examples 342
Chapter 14 Remote Method Invocation 347: What Is Remote Method Invocation? 347; Implementation 354; The java.rmi Package 360; The java.rmi.registry Package 368; The java.rmi.server Package 370
Chapter 15 The Java Server API and Servlets 375: What Is the Java Server API? 375; Writing Servlets 379; The java.servlet Package 385; The java.servlet.http Package 393
Index 409

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