Errata for the Second Printing (first edition)

The following errors have been fixed in the second printing of The Java Tutorial. The third printing is identical to the second printing.

• A few copies of the book start on page 15. If your copy has this problem, please return to where you purchased the book and ask them to exchange it for a good copy.
• On page 13, in the section Create a Java Source File, the filename HelloWorld should be HelloWorld.java.
• The Date class does not deal with years that are greater than 1970. So the code sample at bottom of page 80 should read:

  Date myBirthday = new Date(1996, 8, 30);
  

• In the Pass-by-Value section on page 100 the first line in the first paragraph should read arguments are passed by value.
• The table on page 106 has an error. The check mark in the package/subclass box should be in the package/package box.
• On page 110, in the section called Public, the class Alpha should be declared public. Like this:

  package Greek;
  
  public class Alpha {
      public int iampublic;
      public void publicMethod() {
          System.out.println("publicMethod");
      }
  }
  

• The code sample at top of page 117 has two errors:
  1. the line int i; should be removed.
  2. the for loop should read:

     for (int i = 0; i <= numImages; i++) {
     

  Thus the code sample should read:

  class AnimationThread extends Thread {
      int framesPerSecond;
      int numImages;
      Image[] images;
  
      AnimationThread(int fps, int num) {
  
          super("AnimationThread");
          this.framesPerSecond = fps;
          this.numImages = num;
  
          this.images = new Image[numImages];
          for (int i = 0; i <= numImages; i++) {
              . . .
              // Load all the images.
              . . .
          }
      } 
  }
  

• The second bullet in the bulleted list at the top of page 121 should read is in the same package as the superclass.
• The line String input; should be deleted from the code sample at bottom of page 333.
• On page 548, in the last paragraph of the Platform Specific Details section, the filename Hello-World.stubs should be HelloWorld.stubs.
• The back of the book contains four pages that describe the CD-ROM. These pages consistently misspell the product name HotJava; HotJava is one word not two.
• On the fourth Page of the CD-ROM pages, the Known Bugs section contains a typo. Note that this is reason should read Note that this is the reason.