Robust Java

This one-stop resource for exceptions and exception handling in the Javalanguage provides a comprehensive reference for Java developers. The abilityto create code that will properly deal with error conditions is crucial todeveloping effective applications in any programming language. This bookdescribes exceptions and exception handling in Java. It provides a referencethat both describes how exceptions work in Java technology, and explains howto effectively use them in applications. Incorporating helpful topics as bestpractices and discussions about how specific APIs represent error conditions,this book discusses the practice of exception handling from softwaredevelopment up to system architecture. In addition, it provides informationabout how to use exceptions during the phases of software development whichfocus on testing and debugging.

Robust Java

Exception Handling, Testing and Debugging

Complete guide to Java platform exceptions and exception handling

Proven strategies for architects, designers, and developers

Key design patterns for exception management

Stephen Stelting

Your one-stop tutorial & reference for Java exceptions and exception handling

Sorry, you're not perfect. And neither is your code. But you can build more robust software: code that handles unexpected problems gracefully, and keeps on running. In Robust Java, Sun Java expert Stephen Stelting shows you how. Using extensive code examples, Steve covers every facet of Java exceptions and exception handling, encompassing architecture, design, development, testing, and debugging. With the help of this book, you'll:

• Discover best practices for Java exception handling
• Learn failure mode analysis: how to anticipate where errors are most likely to occur
• Understand the use of exceptions in complex APIs and frameworks including J2EE, JDBC, RMI, JMS, and more
• Master application-wide exception handling strategies
• Implement exceptions in complex distributed multi-tier systems
• Learn proven design patterns for handling exceptions in code
• Perform more effective Java testing and debugging using open source tools
• Understand key architectural decisions that will improve robustness

Robust Java covers the entire development lifecycle—and it will support you in any development role: programmer, tester, project manager, or architect. No book offers more useful, realistic guidance for building rock-solid, maintainable Java code.

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I. FUNDAMENTALS OF EXCEPTIONS AND EXCEPTION HANDLING.

1. Introducing Exceptions.

2. Exception Handling Techniques and Practices.

3. Advanced Exception Handling Concepts.

4. Exceptions and Threading.

5. Logging and Assertions.

II. EXCEPTION HANDLING AND DESIGN.

6. Exception Handling and Design.

7. Exceptions in the Java Core Language.

8. Collections and I/O.

9. Distributed Java APIs.

10. J2EE.

III. EFFECTIVE USE OF EXCEPTIONS, ERRORS, AND HANDLING.

11. Architecture, Design and the Exception Model.

12. Patterns.

13. Testing.

14. Debugging.

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Appendix C.

THE one-stop resource to exception handling for effective Java developement

° Explains common exceptions in J2EE and Web Services frameworks and in key APIs, including JDBC, RMI, and JMS

° Covers application-wide exception handling strategies and design patterns as well as for debugging techniques using extensive code examples

° Written by Stephen Stelting, the author of Applied Java Patterns and a member of the Sun Services' Education Group

About the Author

STEPHEN STELTING, an instructor for Sun's Center of Learning Excellence in Broomfield, CO, has taught a wide variety of introductory and advanced Java technologies to thousands of developers worldwide. A frequent speaker at conferences such as JavaOne, SunNetwork and the Colorado Software Summit, he is the co-author of Applied Java Patterns (Sun Microsystems Press/Prentice Hall PTR). He has well over a decade of experience in software development, consulting, and technical training.

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