Java Programming/Glossary
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This is a glossary of the book.
| Contents: | Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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A
[edit | edit source ]- annotation
- A means of attaching metadata to methods and classes directly in the source code.
B
[edit | edit source ]- byte code
- Code interpreted by the Java virtual machine; the target code of Java compilation.
G
[edit | edit source ]- generics
- A means of passing a data type as an argument of another type, such as Vector<JButton>;
P
[edit | edit source ]- primitive type
- One of the types that do not require allocation on stack, such as int, byte, or long.
R
[edit | edit source ]- reflection
- A way of treating classes and methods as objects on their own, to be referred to during runtime, for instance by quering[check spelling ] a particular class about its methods and their parameters.