Прочитать Schildt - "Java: The Complete Reference"

Part I. The Java Language

1. The History and Evolution of Java

2. An Overview of Java

3. Data Types, Variables, and Arrays

4. Operators

5. Control Statements

6. Introducing Classes

7. A Closer Look at Methods and Classes

8. Inheritance

9. Packages and Interfaces

10. Exception Handling

11. Multithreaded Programming

12. Enumerations, Autoboxing, and Annotations (Metadata)

13. I/O, Applets, and Other Topics

14. Generics

Part II. The Java Library

Part III. Software Development Using Java

Part IV. Applying Java