Java Cheat Sheet
Java "Java is a simple, object-oriented, multi-threaded, garbage-collected, secure, robust, architecture-neutral, portable, high-performance, dynamic programming language."
-- This quote is from Arthur van Hoff, author of the Java compiler.

Hello World Application
class HelloWorldApp {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
            System.out.println("Hello World!");
      }
}



Hello World Applet
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
      public void paint(Graphics g) {
            // Display "Hello World!"
            g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25);
      }
}



Embedding Java Applet


My java Program


My Applet







Access Specifier
Specifier class subclass package world
private X
protected X X X
public X X X X
package X X
Primitve Data Types
Type Size/Format Description
(whole numbers)
byte 8-bit two's complement Byte-length integer
short16-bit two's complementShort integer
int32-bit two's complementInteger
long64-bit two's complementLong integer
(real numbers)
float32-bit IEEE 754Single-precision floating point
double64-bit IEEE 754Double-precision floating point
(other types)
char16-bit Unicode characterA single character
booleantrue or falseA boolean value (true or false)
System Properties
KeyMeaning
"file.separator"File separator (for example, "/")
"java.class.path"Java classpath
"java.class.version"Java class version number
"java.home"Java installation directory
"java.vendor"Java vendor-specific string
"java.vendor.url"Java vendor URL
"java.version"Java version number
"line.separator"Line separator
"os.arch"Operating system architecture
"os.name"Operating system name
"os.version"Operating system version
"path.separator"Path separator (for example, ":")
"user.dir"User's current working directory
"user.home"User home directory
"user.name"User account name
Expressions
postfix operators[] . (params) expr++ expr--
unary operators ++expr --expr +expr -expr ~ !
creation or castnew (type)expr
multiplicative* / %
additive+ -
shift<< >> >>>
relational< > <= >= instanceof
equality== !=
bitwise AND&
bitwise exclusive OR^
bitwise inclusive OR|
logical AND&&
logical OR||
conditional? :
assignment= += -= *= /= %= &= ^= |= <<= >>= >>>=
Summary of Operator Precedence The operators in this table are listed in precedence order
postfix operators[] . (params) expr++ expr--
unary operators ++expr --expr +expr -expr ~ !
creation or castnew (type)expr
multiplicative* / %
additive+ -
shift<< >> >>>
relational< > <= >= instanceof
equality== !=
bitwise AND&
bitwise exclusive OR^
bitwise inclusive OR|
logical AND&&
logical OR||
conditional? :
assignment= += -= *= /= %= &= ^= |= <<= >>= >>>=
Control Flow Statements
Statement Type Keyword
looping while, do-while , for
decision making if-else, switch-case
exception handling try-catch-finally, throw
branching break, continue, label:, return
if-else A simple if else if (boolean expression) { statements } else { statements } An if statement with multiple expressions and an else statement. if (boolean expression) { statements } else if (boolean expression) { statements } else { statements } An if-else if-else statement if (testscore >= 90) { grade = 'A'; } else if (testscore >= 80) { grade = 'B'; } else if (testscore >= 70) { grade = 'C'; } else if (testscore >= 60) { grade = 'D'; } else { grade = 'F'; } do - while do { statement } while (expression); for for (expression) { statement } switch switch (integer expression) { case integer expression: statements break; ... default: statements break; } try catch - exeptions try { statements } catch (exceptiontype name) { statements } catch (exceptiontype name) { statements } finally { statements }