Certification
Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide, 4th Edition
Format: Paperback
Author: Phillip Heller
ReleaseDate: 24 October, 2003
Publisher: Sybex
Rating:
Mistakes, Mistakes, and more Mistakes 
We feel a lack of confidence in the material presented in this text and in the authors in particular. I find it hard to believe that a study guide this error ridden was ever released given the gross errors my study group has found. We have to verify everything presented in this text and believe nothing to be true without doing so. This is not a good way to study for a certification exam. We need a trusted and reliable reference, not a work of fiction.
We are not at all pleased with the material covered. Nor are we pleased with the mock exams which we all agree are too easy.
In all I would suggest that you not purchase this book and wait instead for the next release of Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates book.
Sample exams on CD are buggy and wrong 
The engine is buggy (sometime you cannot see the whole text) and answers are wrong. The exams on the accompanying CD are crap. E. g.
Q: "Which access modifier will allow access only within the class and package?"
A: "friendly"
Maybe friendly, but definitely wrong.
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This was all I needed!
It may not be perfect, but it was all I needed. I studied this book carefully twice through and passed the exam easily.
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