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        • Series Foreword
        • Preface
        • ▶1. Introduction
        • ▶2. Grammars
        • ▶3. Lexical Structure
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        • ▼13. Binary Compatibility
          • 13.1 The Form of a Java Binary
          • 13.2 What Binary Compatibility Is and Is Not
          • 13.3 Evolution of Packages
          • ▼13.4 Evolution of Classes
            • 13.4.1 abstract Classes
            • 13.4.2 final Classes
            • 13.4.3 public Classes
            • 13.4.4 Superclasses and Superinterfaces
            • 13.4.5 Class Body and Member Declarations
            • 13.4.6 Access to Members and Constructors
            • 13.4.7 Field Declarations
            • 13.4.8 final Fields and Constants
            • 13.4.9 static Fields
            • 13.4.10 transient Fields
            • 13.4.11 volatile Fields
            • 13.4.12 Method and Constructor Declarations
            • 13.4.13 Method and Constructor Parameters
            • 13.4.14 Method Result Type
            • 13.4.15 abstract Methods
            • 13.4.16 final Methods
            • 13.4.17 native Methods
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            • 13.4.19 synchronized Methods
            • 13.4.20 Method and Constructor Throws
            • 13.4.21 Method and Constructor Body
            • 13.4.22 Method and Constructor Overloading
            • 13.4.23 Method Overriding
            • 13.4.24 Static Initializers
          • ▶13.5 Evolution of Interfaces
        • ▶14. Blocks and Statements
        • ▶15. Expressions
        • ▶16. Definite Assignment
        • ▶17. Threads and Locks
        • ▶18. Documentation Comments
        • ▶19. LALR(1) Grammar
        • ▶20. The Package java.lang
        • ▶21. The Package java.util
        • ▶22. The Package java.io
        • Changes for Java 1.1
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