I'll be posting chapters of Inside the Java 2 Virtual Machine in the coming weeks and months.

Table of Contents
Links to reprints of each chapter of the book:

• Chapter 1 -- "Introduction to Java's Architecture".
• Chapter 2 -- "Platform Independence".
• Chapter 3 -- "Security".
• Chapter 4 -- "Network Mobility".
• Chapter 5 -- "The Java Virtual Machine".
• Chapter 6 -- "The Java Class File".
• Chapter 7 -- "The Lifetime of a Type".
• Chapter 8 -- "The Linking Model".
• Chapter 9 -- "Garbage Collection".
• Chapter 10 -- "Stack and Local Variable Operations".
• Chapter 11 -- "Type Conversion".
• Chapter 12 -- "Integer Arithmetic".
• Chapter 13 -- "Logic".
• Chapter 14 -- "Floating Point Arithmetic".
• Chapter 15 -- "Objects and Arrays".
• Chapter 16 -- "Control Flow".
• Chapter 17 -- "Exceptions".
• Chapter 18 -- "Finally Clauses".
• Chapter 19 -- "Method Invocation and Return".
• Chapter 20 -- "Thread Synchronization".

The Feedback Page
If you have a suggestion on how to improve this book or wish to report a bug or error, please visit The Feedback Page, which will give you instructions on how to submit your comment.

The Interactive Illustrations Web Site
The CD-ROM delivered along with the book contains a set of web pages called the Interactive Illustrations Web Site. These web pages contain applets that illustrate the concepts presented in the text.