APA (7th ed.) Citation

Gosling, J., Joy, B., & Steele, G. L. (1996). The Java language specification. Addison - Wesley.

Chicago Style (17th ed.) Citation

Gosling, J.A, Bill Joy, and Guy L. Steele. The Java Language Specification. California: Addison - Wesley, 1996.

MLA (8th ed.) Citation

Gosling, J.A, et al. The Java Language Specification. Addison - Wesley, 1996.