Cay Horstmann's sixth edition of Big Java, Early Objects provides an approachable introduction to fundamental programming techniques and design skills, helping students master basic concepts and become competent coders. Updates for the Java 8 software release and additional visual design elements make this student-friendly text even more engaging. The text is known for its realistic programming examples, great quantity and variety of homework assignments, and programming exercises that build student problem-solving abilities. This edition now includes problem solving sections, more example code online, and exercise from Science and Business. This text is an unbound, three hole punched version. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Using Objects Chapter 3 Implementing Classes Chapter 4 Fundamental Data Types Chapter 5 Decisions Chapter 6 Loops Chapter 7 Arrays and Array Lists Chapter 8 Designing Classes Chapter 9 Inheritance Chapter 10 Interfaces Chapter 11 Input/Input and Exception Handling Chapter 12 Object-Oriented Design Chapter 13 Recursion Chapter 14 Sorting and Searching Chapter 15 The Java Collections Framework Chapter 16 Basic Data Structures Chapter 17 Tree Structures Chapter 18 Generic Classes Chapter 19 Stream Processing Chapter 20 Graphical User Interfaces Chapter 21 Advanced Input/Output Chapter 22 Multithreading Chapter 23 Internet Networking Chapter 24 Relational Databases Chapter 25 XML Chapter 26 Web Applications Appendix A The Basic Latin and Latin-1 Subsets of Unicode Appendix B Java Operator Summary Appendix C Java Reserved Word Summary Appendix D The Java Library Appendix E Java Language Coding Guidelines Appendix F Tool Summary Appendix G Number Systems Appendix H UML Summary Appendix I Java Syntax Summary Appendix J HTML Summary