APA (7th ed.) Citation

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

Chicago Style (17th ed.) Citation

Gosling, James, Bill Joy, and Guy L. Steele. The Java Language Specification. Reading, Massachusetts [etc.]: Addison-Wesley, 1996.

MLA (9th ed.) Citation

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