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A Programmer’s Guide to Java™ SCJP Certification: A Comprehensive Primer, Third Edition
By: Khalid A. Mughal; Rolf W. Rasmussen
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Pub. Date: December 19, 2008
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-55605-4
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-55605-9
Web ISBN-10: 0-321-58573-9
Web ISBN-13: 978-0-321-58573-8
Pages in Print Edition: 1088
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Overview
This book will help you prepare for and pass the Sun Certified
Programmer for the Java Platform SE 6 (CX-310-065) Exam. It is
written for any experienced programmer (with or without previous
knowledge of Java) interested in mastering the Java programming
language and passing the SCJP 1.6 Exam.
A Programmer’s Guide to
Java™ SCJP Certification, Third Edition, provides
detailed coverage of all exam topics and objectives, readily
runnable code examples, programming exercises, extensive review
questions, and a new mock exam. In addition, as a comprehensive
primer to the Java programming language, this book is an invaluable
reference tool.
This new edition has been thoroughly
updated to focus on the latest version of the exam (CX-310-065). In
particular, it contains in-depth explanations of the language
features. Their usage is illustrated by way of code scenarios, as
required by the exam. The companion Web site (www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/pgjc3e/)
contains a version of the SCJP 1.6 Exam Simulator developed by the
authors. The site also contains the complete source code for all
the book’s examples, as well as solutions to the programming
exercises.
What you will find in this book:
Extensive coverage of all the objectives defined for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (CX-310-065) Exam
An easy-to-follow structure with chapters organized according to the exam objectives, as laid out by Sun Microsystems
Summaries that clearly state and differentiate the exam objectives and the supplementary objectives to be covered in each chapter
A list of Sun’s objectives for the SCJP 1.6 Exam and a guide to taking the exam
A complete mock exam with new questions (not repeats of review questions)
Numerous exam-relevant review questions to test your understanding of each major topic, with annotated answers
Programming exercises and solutions at the end of each chapter
Copious code examples illustrating concepts, where the code has been compiled and thoroughly tested on multiple platforms
Program output demonstrating expected results from running the examples
Extensive use of UML (Unified Modeling Language) for illustration purposes
An introduction to basic terminology and concepts in object-oriented programming
Advice on how to avoid common pitfalls in mastering the language and taking the exam
Platform- and tool-independent coverage
Information about the SCJP 1.6 Upgrade (CX-310-066) Exam
Subscriber Reviews
Average Rating: 
Based on 20 Ratings
"Examples are confusiong, I wouldn't recommend it." - by Alessandro M. on 05-FEB-2012
Reviewer Rating: 
I read from chapters 1-3, then I jumped to the 13 (Threads) where I realized the book was meant to be a puzzle rather than a study guide.
In fact, in the example 13.7 the author provides an example of a Runnable class that loops in the 'run' method until a 'terminate' method is called. The terminate method is setting a flag to interrupt the loop. The funny bit the choice of the flag and the way it is checked:
public void terminate() {
theThread = null
}
public void run () {
while (theThread == Thread.currentThread()) {
// do something
}
}
the terminate method sets theThread to null, and when that happens it will make the while condition false, as currentThread is never null.
Now the question is: what's the point of comparing with current thread?!?
while (theThread != null)
wouldn't be more clear?
Secondly, why not just add a dedicated variable for this purpose:
private boolean terminate = false;
public void terminate() {
terminate = true;
}
public void run () {
while (!terminate) {
// do something
}
}
Isn't this code just clearer?!?
To the authors: thanks for making an already complex subject cryptic!
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"Great Book" - by Venu on 14-APR-2011
Reviewer Rating:
I consider this the best Java book I have read. I have recommended this to several people and they have given me the same feed back.
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"JAVA" - by ABHI on 03-FEB-2011
Reviewer Rating:
JUST AWSOM
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"Excellent for core knowledge" - by Sachin Panwar on 20-DEC-2010
Reviewer Rating:
This is Excellent book for core java.
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"IT Analyst" - by Anonymous on 30-NOV-2010
Reviewer Rating:
good
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