Related Books from O'Reilly

O'Reilly publishes an entire series of books on Java. These books include Java in a Nutshell, Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell, and Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, which, as mentioned earlier, are quick-reference companions to this book.

A related reference work, written and published by the author, is Jude, an innovative software package that combines the popular quick-reference format of Java in a Nutshell with the definitive javadoc documentation from Sun, and with the instant search and navigation commands of an online help application. See http://www.davidflanagan.com/Jude for details.

You can find a complete list of Java books from O'Reilly at http://java.oreilly.com. Individual chapters in this book refer to specific books that may help you understand that material in more detail.