Cross-training from C++ to Java

[JonRB]

Has anyone got any recommendations for books and/or resources to help an experienced C++ developer cross-train to Java?

I don't want to have to wade through a load of crap about what a class is or how inheritance works - just the stuff I need to get up to speed on Java ASAP.

Thanks in advance
Jon

[JonRB]

Can't say I'd particularly want to use Java or C# but if that's what it takes to get a client to hire your services and get you through an interview and in the door then that's what I have to do.

Once I'm in I can always say "I can write that far better as a VC++ COM component".

BTW, is writing "C-Hash" for C# a deliberate tongue-in-cheek dig at it being a complete hash?

>> Edited by JonRB on Thursday 6th November 13:01

[JonRB]

C# is also on my TODO list, but Java does seem to be cropping up with depressing regularity on the JobServe ads, as does "prior financial experience". The former I can do something about.

The most recent book I can find on Amazon for Java for C++ programmers was published in December 1999 (see here) which is ancient history as far as programming languages go.