Review by Billy Barron

"The Java Class Libraries, Second Edition" by Chan, Lee, & Kramer (Addison-Wesley; ISBNs 0-201-31002-3 and 0-201-31003-1) are the premier Java 1.1 reference books. Every bundled Java class library is covered in an easy to read format. It is trivial to find the information you are looking for in this book. The book part is that the book has an unbelievable number of example programs. It's great; you just look up what you need and get syntax, explaination and example code all in one spot.

They are my favorite Java reference books and highly recommend them to any serious Java programmer. Out of all my Java books, these are the ones that I find the most useful.