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          • Series Foreword
          • Preface
          • ▶1. Introduction
          • ▶2. Grammars
          • ▶3. Lexical Structure
          • ▶4. Types, Values, and Variables
          • ▶5. Conversions and Promotions
          • ▶6. Names
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          • ▶11. Exceptions
          • ▶12. Execution
          • ▼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
              • 13.4.18 static Methods
              • 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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