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The latest specifications reflect the increasing maturity of Java. This chapter excerpt describes the current lexical structure of the Java programming language.

The inner workings of any programming language are established by the agreed to language specifications. Reflecting the maturity of the Java programming language, the most recent specifications describe an efficient and powerful, language. These specifications are laid out in the book, The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, which is written by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, and Gilad Bracha. The chapter excerpt contained in this download, Lexical Structure, describes the basic structure of the Java programming language. Some of the basic concepts covered in the chapter include:

  • Unicode character set
  • Unicode escape characters
  • Identifiers
  • Literals


Title:The Java™ Language Specification, 3rd Edition
Author: By James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Gilad Bracha
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Chapter 3: Lexical Structure
ISBN: 0321246780; Published: June 14, 2005; Copyright 2005
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Date:Aug 2005Version:1.0
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