The only beginning book of its kind, this book will teach you SAP/ABAP developers the skills you need for Java 5 programming. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of core Java SE 5 and Java EE 5, to get you up to speed with these technologies. Youll learn about the most important enterprise Java API found in the new Java EE 5 platform, which you can immediately use and integrate. Furthermore, the book elaborates on connecting to a database, SAP Java Connector, servlets, Java Server Pages, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java Messaging. Table of Contents Your First Java Program Object Orientation in a Nutshell The Primitive Data Types Comments Naming Standards and Conventions The Java Operators Strings with Java Control Flow Jump Statements Arrays and Collections in Java Object Orientation in Java More OO in JavaInterfaces and Abstract Classes Inner, Nested, and Anonymous Classes Errors and Exceptions Threads, Daemons, and Garbage Collection Basic Swing Using Default Layouts Event Handling Layout Managers and Other Components JDBC Technology The Java Connector (JCo) Servlets JavaServer Pages (JSP) Extensible Markup Language (XML) Java Messaging Services Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0