Index

! (exclamation point)
- != (not equal to) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators
- boolean NOT operator, Operator summary table, Boolean Operators
" (quotes, double)
- enclosing string literals, String literals
- escaping in char literals, The char Type
- in string literals, String literals
- literals in, Literals
$ character, Naming and Capitalization Conventions
% (percent sign)
- %= (modulo assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- modulo operator, Operator summary table, Arithmetic Operators
& (ampersand)
- && (conditional AND) operator, Operator summary table, Order of evaluation, Boolean Operators
- &= (bitwise AND assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- bitwise AND operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- boolean AND operator, Operator summary table, Boolean Operators
' (quotes, single)
- enclosing character literals, The char Type
- escaping in char literals, The char Type
- in char literals, String literals
- in string literals, String literals
- literals in, Literals
( ) (parentheses)
- cast operator, Operator summary table, Special Operators
- enclosing expressions in if statements, The if/else Statement
- enclosing method parameter list, Defining Methods
- method invocation operator, Operator summary table, Side effects, Special Operators
- overriding operator precedence, Precedence
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
* (asterisk)
- *= (multiply assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- in doc comments, Structure of a Doc Comment
- in multiline comments, Comments
- multiplication operator, Operator summary table, Arithmetic Operators
+ (plus sign)
- ++ (increment) operator, Operator summary table, Side effects, Increment and Decrement Operators, The while Statement
- += (add assignment) operator, Operator summary table, String Concatenation Operator, Assignment Operators
- addition operator, Operator summary table, Arithmetic Operators
- string concatenation operator, Operator summary table, String Concatenation Operator, String literals, String concatenation
- unary plus operator, Operator summary table
, (comma) separators (tokens), Punctuation
- (minus sign)
- -- (decrement) operator, Operator summary table, Increment and Decrement Operators
- -= (subtract assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- subtraction operator, Operator summary table, Operand number and type, Arithmetic Operators
- unary minus operator, Operator summary table, Operand number and type, Arithmetic Operators
. (dot)
- member access operator, Special Operators
- object member access operator, Operator summary table
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
/ (slash)
- /* */ in multiline comments, Comments
- /** */ in doc comments, Comments, Java Documentation Comments
- // in single-line comments, Comments
- /= (divide assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- division operator, Operator summary table, Arithmetic Operators
0 (zero)
- division by zero, Arithmetic Operators
- negative and positive zero, Floating-Point Types
- represented by float and double types, Floating-Point Types
- represented by integral types, How Java Represents Integer Types
:: (colons) separators (tokens), Punctuation
; (semicolon)
- for empty statements, The Empty Statement
- in abstract methods, Method Modifiers
- in break statements, The break Statement
- in for loops, The for Statement
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
- terminating do loops, The do Statement
< > (angle brackets)
- < (less than) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators
- << (left shift) operator, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- << (signed left shift) operator, Operator summary table
- <<= (left shift assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- <= (less than or equal to) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators
- > (greater than) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators
- >= (greater than or equal to) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators
- >> (signed right shift) operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- >>= (right shift assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- >>> (unsigned right shift) operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- >>>= (unsigned right shift assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- homogeneous collections and, Introduction to Generics
= (equals sign)
- = (assignment) operator, confusion with == (equal to) operator, Assignment Operators
- == (equal to) operator, Operator summary table, Comparison Operators, Comparing Objects
- assignment operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
? (question mark)
- ? : (conditional) operator, Operator summary table, Operand number and type, Order of evaluation, The Conditional Operator
- regular expression metacharacter, Regular Expressions
@ (at sign)
- in doc-comment tags, Doc-Comment Tags
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
[ ] (brackets)
- accessing array elements, Special Operators, Accessing array elements
- after array element type, Special Operators, Array Types
- array access operator, Operator summary table
- in regular expressions, Regular Expressions
\ (backslash)
- in escape sequences, The char Type
\\ (backslash)
- \\ escape sequence in char literals, The char Type
_ (underscore), Reserved Words
{ } (curly braces)
- in nested if/else statements, The if/else Statement
- in switch statements, The switch Statement
- in try/catch/finally statements, The try/catch/finally Statement
- members of a class in, Basic OO Definitions
- optional for small lambda expressions, Special Operators
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
| (vertical bar)
- bitwise OR operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- boolean OR operator, Operator summary table, Boolean Operators
- |= (bitwise OR assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
- || (conditional OR) operator, Operator summary table, Order of evaluation, Boolean Operators
~ (tilde), bitwise complement operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
… (ellipses)
- in variable-length argument lists, Variable-Length Argument Lists
- separators (tokens), Punctuation
‸ (caret)
- bitwise XOR operator, Operator summary table, Bitwise and Shift Operators
- boolean XOR operator, Operator summary table, Boolean Operators
- ‸= (bitwise XOR assignment) operator, Operator summary table, Assignment Operators
→ (lambda arrow) operator, Operator summary table, Special Operators

hash codes, Hash codes and effective immutability
hashCode(), hashCode()
- and effective immutability, Hash codes and effective immutability
- String class, Hash codes and effective immutability
HEAD method (HTTP), HTTP
heap (see HotSpot heap)
heterogeneous collections, Introduction to Generics
hidden fields, overriding vs. field hiding, Overriding is not hiding
homogeneous collections, Introduction to Generics
HotSpot heap, The HotSpot Heap-Concurrent Mark-and-Sweep
- Concurrent Mark-and-Sweep, Concurrent Mark-and-Sweep
- objects in the heap, The HotSpot Heap
- ParallelOld collector, ParallelOld
HotSpot JVM, What Is the JVM?
- introduction of, Performance Problems
HTTP, HTTP-HTTP

Kanji character (in Java identifier), Identifiers
keystone release model, Slow Adoption Rates

queries
- date and time, Queries-Queries
- elements in queues, Querying
- temporal, Queries
Queue interface, The Queue and BlockingQueue Interfaces-Querying
- adding elements to queues, Adding Elements to Queues
- querying, Querying
- querying of elements in queues, Querying
- removing elements from queues, Removing Elements from Queues

umbrella module, Modularizing the JDK
unary operators, Operand number and type
- associativity, Associativity
- unary minus (-) operator, Arithmetic Operators
unbound method reference, Method References
unboxing conversions, Boxing and Unboxing Conversions
unchecked exceptions, Checked and Unchecked Exceptions, Multiple catch clauses
underflow, integer arithmetic and, Integer Types
Unicode character set, The Unicode Character Set, The char Type
- escaping in char literals, The char Type
- supplementary characters, The char Type
unknown type, Wildcards
- (see also wildcard types)
update expressions (for loops), The for Statement
URL class, Working with checked exceptions
URLClassLoader, loadClass(), Applied Classloading
user thread, setDaemon()
UTF-8 identifier, Literals

XOR operator
- bitwise XOR (‸), Bitwise and Shift Operators
- boolean XOR (‸), Boolean Operators

zero (0)
- division by zero, Arithmetic Operators
- positive and negative zero, Floating-Point Types
- represented by float and double types, Floating-Point Types
zero extension, Bitwise and Shift Operators

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