Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in a high-powered Java "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, you'll find recipes that will surely satisfy your Java programming appetite! Topics include: String HandlingRegular HandlingAppletsServletsSwingThe ExpressionsFile FrameworkMultithreadingFormatting Data Collection Learn how to: Find substrings that match regular expressions to tokenize a regular expressionUse stringCompress and decompression time data filesCreate dateUse ZIP file format and printf () to display the formatted dataReverse, rotate, and shuffle a collectionCreate listUse a comparator with a simple Swing a Swing-based applicationCreate appletCreate a simple servletUse cookies with servletSynchronize threadsMonitor stateSet yarn and thread priorityUse obtain JScrollPane to automate resource using HttpURLConnection scrollingAccess Schedule a task for the future executionUse reflection to dynamically create objects and call methodsMuch, much more