Core Java® has long been recognized as the leading, no-nonsense tutorial and reference for experienced programmers who want to write robust Java code for real-world applications. Now, Core Java®, Volume II—Advanced Topics, Tenth Edition, has been extensively updated to reflect the most eagerly awaited and innovative version of Java in years: Java SE 8. Rewritten and reorganized to illuminate powerful new Java features, idioms, and best practices for enterprise and desktop development, it contains hundreds of up-to-date example programs—all carefully crafted for easy understanding and practical applicability.

Writing for serious programmers solving real-world problems, Cay Horstmann deepens your understanding of today’s Java language and library. In this second of two updated volumes, he offers in-depth coverage of expert-level topics including the new Streams API and date/time/calendar library, advanced Swing, security, code processing, and more. This guide will help you

Use the new Streams library to process collections more flexibly and efficiently

Efficiently access files and directories, read/write binary or text data, and serialize objects

Work with Java SE 8’s regular expression package

Make the most of XML in Java: parsing, validation, XPath, document generation, XSL, and more

Efficiently connect Java programs to network services

Program databases with JDBC 4.2

Elegantly overcome date/time programming complexities with the new java.time API

Write internationalized programs with localized dates/times, numbers, text, and GUIs

Process code with the scripting API, compiler API, and annotation processors

Enforce security via class loaders, bytecode verification, security managers, permissions, user authentication, digital signatures, code signing, and encryption

Master advanced Swing components for lists, tables, trees, text, and progress indicators

Produce high-quality drawings with the Java 2D API

Use JNI native methods to leverage code in other languages

If you’re an experienced programmer moving to Java SE 8, Core Java®, Tenth Edition, will be your reliable, practical companion—now and for many years to come.

Look for the companion volume, Core Java®, Volume I—Fundamentals, Tenth Edition (ISBN-13: 978-0-13-417730-4), for foundational coverage of Java 8 language concepts, UI programming, objects, generics, collections, lambda expressions, concurrency, functional programming, and more.

Cay S. Horstmann is author of Core Java ® for the Impatient (2015), Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient (2014), and Scala for the Impatient (2012), all from Addison-Wesley. He has written more than a dozen other books for professional programmers and computer science students. He is a professor of computer science at San Jose State University and is a Java Champion.