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# N

NAME attribute

<APPLET> tag : The <APPLET> Tag (NUT)
<PARAM> tag : The <PARAM> Tag (NUT)

name attribute (<applet> tag)

Embedding an Applet in a Web Page (JLR)
The Complete Applet Tag (EXJ)

named methods : Invoking a Named Method (NUT)
names : Naming Conventions (JLR)

applet

Attributes (EXJ)
The Complete Applet Tag (EXJ)
Loading Class Files (EXJ)

classes : Class Name (JLR)
clipboards : Clipboard Methods (AWT)
of components : Component Methods (AWT)
constructors : Constructor name (JLR)
of data flavors (MIME types) : DataFlavor Methods (AWT)
directories and files : File methods (EXJ)
filenames : Compiling a Java Source File (JLR)
of fonts

The Font Class (AWT)
Fonts (EXJ)

inner classes : Class Literals (JLR)
interface : Interface Name (JLR)
labels : Labeled Statements (JLR)
local variables : Local variable name (JLR)
menu components : MenuComponent Methods (AWT)
methods

Method name (JLR)
Interface method name (JLR)

NAME parameter

<APPLET> tag : The Applet Tag (AWT)
<PARAM> tag : The Applet Tag (AWT)

package : Packages (JLR)
packages : A Word About Package Names (EXJ)
variables

Variable name (JLR)
Interface variable name (JLR)

naming

class files : Java Filenames and Directory Structure (NUT)
constructors : Defining a Constructor (NUT)
fields : No Global Variables (NUT)
fully qualified names : No Global Variables (NUT)
JavaBean API and : Naming Patterns and Conventions (NUT)
methods : No Global Variables (NUT)
packages : Globally Unique Package Names (NUT)
variables : No Global Variables (NUT)

NaN (not a number) (value)

Math Utilities (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)

NaN value

String Concatenation (JFC)
Double (JFC)
Float (JFC)
Floating-Point Types (NUT)
Floating-point types (JLR)
Double (JLR)
Float (JLR)

native methods

Method modifiers (JLR)
A Virtual Machine (EXJ)
Packages (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)

native modifier

Modifiers (NUT)
Modifiers (NUT)

native2ascii program

New JDK Utilities (NUT)
native2ascii (NUT)

natural logarithms : java.lang.Math (EXJ)
needsDictionary( ) : Inflater (JFC)
needsGui( ) : (Reference page) (NUT)
needsInput( )

Deflater class : Deflater (JFC)
Inflater class : Inflater (JFC)

negate( )

BigDecimal class : BigDecimal (JFC)
BigInteger class : BigInteger (JFC)

negation (!) operator, boolean : Boolean Negation Operator ! (JLR)
negation (~) operator, bitwise : Bitwise Negation Operator ~ (JLR)
negative numbers

Integer types (JLR)
Floating-point types (JLR)
NegativeArraySizeException : Runtime exceptions (JLR)
NEGATIVE_INFINITY constant

Double (JFC)
Float (JFC)
Floating-point types (JLR)
Double (JLR)
Float (JLR)

unary minus (-) and : Unary Minus Operator - (JLR)
zero : Floating-point types (JLR)

negative zero, data types for : Floating-Point Types (NUT)
NegativeArraySizeException

NegativeArraySizeException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

NEGATIVE_INFINITY (value) : Math Utilities (EXJ)
NEGATIVE_INFINITY constant : String Concatenation (JFC)
nested

arrays (see multi-dimensional arrays)
statement blocks : Lexical Scope of Declarations (JLR)
top-level classes/interfaces

Nested top-level classes and interfaces (JLR)
Nested Top-Level and Member Classes (JLR)
Nested Top-Level Interfaces (JLR)

nested initializers : Multidimensional Arrays (NUT)
nesting comments : Comments (EXJ)
Netscape

JavaScript

Java Compared (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)

Navigator

Applets and Files (EXJ)
Web Browsers and Handlers (EXJ)

Netscape Navigator : Abstract Window Toolkit Overview (AWT)

FileDialog class and : FileDialog (AWT)

network byte order : The DateAtHost Client (EXJ)
Network Time Protocol (NTP) : The DateAtHost Client (EXJ)
networking

connection-oriented protocols

Sockets (JFC)
Sockets for Connection-Oriented Protocols (JFC)

connectionless protocols

Sockets (JFC)
Sockets for Connectionless Protocols (JFC)

sockets : Sockets (JFC)

networks : Network Programming (EXJ)
new operator

Creating Objects (NUT)
Objects Are Instances of a Class (NUT)
New Syntax for Member Classes (NUT)
Array Types (JLR)
Variables (EXJ)
The New Operator (EXJ)
Object creation (EXJ)
Classes (EXJ)
Constructors (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)
anonymous classes and : Anonymous Classes (NUT)
creating arrays : Creating and Destroying Arrays (NUT)
multidimensional arrays and : Multidimensional Arrays (EXJ)

newEras( ) : DateFormatSymbols (JFC)
newInstance( )

Class (JFC)
Object Creation (JLR)
Other exceptions (JLR)
Class (JLR)
Array class

Array (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

Class class

Creating Objects (NUT)
(Reference page) (NUT)

Constructor class

Constructor (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

newInstance( ) : java.lang.Class (EXJ)
newLine( ) : (Reference page) (NUT)

BufferedWriter class : BufferedWriter (JFC)

newlines (see whitespace)
newLocalPatternChars( ) : DateFormatSymbols (JFC)
newPixels( ) : MemoryImageSource (AWT)
newsgroups, Java : Online Resources (JLR)
newsgroups, Java-related : Other Java Books and Resources (AWT)
NewtonScript : Safety of Implementation (EXJ)
newZoneStrings( ) : DateFormatSymbols (JFC)
next( )

CardLayout Methods (AWT)
BreakIterator (JFC)
CardLayout (EXJ)
CardLayout class : (Reference page) (NUT)
CharacterIterator interface

CharacterIterator (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

CollationElementIterator class

CollationElementIterator (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

Random class : Random (JFC)
StringCharacterIterator class : StringCharacterIterator (JFC)

nextBytes( )

Random class : Random (JFC)

nextDouble( )

ChoiceFormat (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Random class : Random (JFC)

nextDouble( ) : Random Numbers (EXJ)
nextElement( ) : Enumeration (JFC)

Enumeration interface

Enumerations (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

StringTokenizer class

StringTokenizer (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

nextElement( )

java.util.StringTokenizer (EXJ)
java.util.Enumeration (EXJ)

nextFloat( ) : (Reference page) (NUT)

Random class : Random (JFC)

nextFloat( ) : Random Numbers (EXJ)
nextFocus( ) : Component Methods (AWT)
nextGaussian( )

Random (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

nextGaussian( ) : Random Numbers (EXJ)
nextInt( ) : (Reference page) (NUT)

Random class : Random (JFC)

nextInt( ) : Random Numbers (EXJ)
nextLong( ) : (Reference page) (NUT)

Random class : Random (JFC)

nextLong( ) : Random Numbers (EXJ)
nextToken( )

StreamTokenizer (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
(Reference page) (NUT)
StringTokenizer class : StringTokenizer (JFC)

nextToken( ) : java.util.StringTokenizer (EXJ)
-noasyncgc option (java) : Garbage Collection (EXJ)
-noasyncgc option, java : Garbage Collection (JFC)
NoClassDefFoundError

NoClassDefFoundError (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Errors (JLR)

non-preemptive thread scheduling

Yielding (JFC)
Yielding (JLR)

nonexistent files : Getting the Content as an Object (EXJ)
NonZeroDigit characters : Integer literals (JLR)
normalizeMimeType( ) : DataFlavor Methods (AWT)
normalizeMimeTypeParameter( ) : DataFlavor Methods (AWT)
NORM_PRIORITY (value) : Priorities (EXJ)
NoRouteToHostException

NoRouteToHostException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

NoSuchElementException

NoSuchElementException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

NoSuchFieldError

NoSuchFieldError (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

NoSuchFieldError error : Errors (JLR)
NoSuchFieldException

NoSuchFieldException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Other exceptions (JLR)

NoSuchMethodError

NoSuchMethodError (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Errors (JLR)

NoSuchMethodException

NoSuchMethodException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Other exceptions (JLR)

not( ) : BigInteger (JFC)
not (!) operator : run( ) (EXJ)
not equal (see inequality operator)
not operator (see negation operator)
not-a-number (NaN) value : Floating-Point Types (NUT)
not-a-number value

Double (JFC)
Float (JFC)
Floating-point types (JLR)
Double (JLR)
Float (JLR)

not-equal-to (!=) operator : Not-Equal-To-Operator != (JLR)
NotActiveException

NotActiveException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

notify( )

Optimistic Single-Threaded Execution (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Optimistic Single-Threaded Execution (JLR)
Object (JLR)
wait( ) and notify( ) (EXJ)
IllegalMonitorStateException and : IllegalMonitorStateException (JFC)
Object class : Object (JFC)

notifyAll( )

Optimistic Single-Threaded Execution (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Optimistic Single-Threaded Execution (JLR)
Object (JLR)
IllegalMonitorStateException and : IllegalMonitorStateException (JFC)
Object class : Object (JFC)

notifyAll( )

wait( ) and notify( ) (EXJ)
The Message Passer (EXJ)
Pipes (EXJ)

notifyObservers( ) : Observable (JFC)
NotSerializableException

Writing Classes to Work with Serialization (JFC)
NotSerializableException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

-noverify option (java) : The Java Interpreter (EXJ)
NTP (Network Time Protocol) : The DateAtHost Client (EXJ)
null (value)

Variables (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)
character : Declaration and initialization (EXJ)
reference : null (EXJ)

null keyword

Reference Types (JLR)
null (JLR)

null value

null (NUT)
The if/else, while, and do/while Statements (NUT)
Reference Types (JLR)
NullPointerException : (Reference page) (NUT)
references : NullPointerException (JFC)

NullPointerException

NullPointerException (JFC)
null (JLR)
Runtime exceptions (JLR)
Variables (EXJ)
null (EXJ)

NumberFormatException

Runtime exceptions (JLR)
Double (JLR)
Float (JLR)
Wrappers for Primitive Types (EXJ)

numbers (see Character class)

Integer literals (JLR)
Instance Variables (EXJ)
constants

Integer types (JLR)
Floating-point types (JLR)

DateFormat class : (Reference page) (NUT)
DecimalFormat class

DecimalFormat (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

digits (see Character class)

Enumeration interface : (Reference page) (NUT)
floating-point

Floating-point types (JLR)
Floating-point literals (EXJ)

hexadecimal : Integer literals (EXJ)
integer literals : Integer literals (EXJ)
internationalizing

Internationalization (NUT)
Handling Local Customs (NUT)

java.math package : The java.math Package (NUT)
math utilities : Math Utilities (EXJ)
NaN (value)

Math Utilities (EXJ)
Glossary (EXJ)

Number class

Number (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)
Number (JLR)

NumberFormat class

NumberFormat (JFC)
Handling Local Customs (NUT)
The java.text Package (NUT)
(Reference page) (NUT)

NumberFormatException

NumberFormatException (JFC)
(Reference page) (NUT)

octal : Integer literals (EXJ)
out-of-range values : Math Utilities (EXJ)
positive/negative infinity : Floating-Point Types (NUT)
positive/negative zero : Floating-point types (JLR)
psuedo-random : (Reference page) (NUT)
Random class : Random (JFC)
randomly generated

java.lang.Math (EXJ)
Random Numbers (EXJ)

sign of : Integer types (JLR)
SimpleDateFormat class : (Reference page) (NUT)
special : Floating-point types (JLR)

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