Java Beta Books -- III
There are now many books in the Java Series from SunSoft Press, Prentice-Hall.
- core Java, by Gary Cornell and Cay S. Horstmann, offers detailed coverage of the whole language and packages for advanced programmers. Also Volume 2 gives good coverage of advanced topics such as JDBC, RMI, JavaBeans and security.
- graphic Java, by Gary McClellan, gives more details on windowing and user interface and includes new classes (not in original Java release) for such things as "rubberbanding".
There are also titles that specifically cover more advanced topics. Here is one:
- advanced Java networking, by Prashant Sridharan has chapters on JDBC, RMI, CORBA, JavaBeans and security.