Java and Object Orientation

An Introduction

By: John Hunt

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Java and Object Orientation: An Introduction (2nd edition) shows readers how to build object oriented applications in Java. Written in a clear and concise style, with lots of examples, this revised edition provides:- A detailed understanding of object orientation- A thorough introduction to Java including building blocks, constructs, classes, data structures etc. - Coverage of graphical user interfaces and applets (AWT, Servlets)- Object oriented analysis and design including UML. If you are looking for a good introduction to Java and object orientation, then this is the book for you. Source code for the examples in this book is available at: http://www java-and-oo. net

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Introduction to Object Orientation
Introduction to Object Orientation	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Programming Paradigms	p. 3
Revolution Versus Evolution	p. 4
Why Learn a New Programming Paradigm?	p. 5
Pedigree of Object-Oriented Languages	p. 10
Fundamentals of Object Orientation	p. 11
The Basic Principles of Object Orientation	p. 12
Encapsulation	p. 13
Inheritance	p. 14
Abstraction	p. 16
Polymorphism	p. 17
Summary	p. 18
Further Reading	p. 19
Elements of Object Orientation	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Terminology	p. 21
Types of Hierarchy	p. 23
The Move to Object Technology	p. 25
Summary	p. 25
Exercises	p. 26
Further Reading	p. 26
Constructing an Object-Oriented System	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
The Application: Windscreen Wipe Simulation	p. 27
Where Do We Start?	p. 28
Identifying the Objects	p. 29
Identifying the Services Or Methods	p. 30
Refining the Objects	p. 31
Bringing it All Together	p. 31
Where Is the Structure?	p. 34
Summary	p. 35
Exercise	p. 35
Further Reading	p. 36
Introduction to the Java Language
A Brief History of Time, the Universe and Java	p. 39
Introduction	p. 39
What Is Java?	p. 39
Objects in Java	p. 40
History	p. 40
Commercial Versions of Java	p. 41
The Java Environment	p. 41
Further Reading	p. 45
Where to Get More Information	p. 45
A Little Java	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
Setting up the Development Environment	p. 48
Compiling and Executing Java	p. 48
Using the Java Documentation Tool	p. 50
Summary	p. 51
Further Reading	p. 51
Java Building Blocks	p. 53
Introduction	p. 53
The Basics of the Language	p. 53
Classes	p. 54
Method Definitions	p. 61
Interface Definitions	p. 64
Java Constructs	p. 67
Introduction	p. 67
Numbers and Numeric Operators	p. 67
Characters and Strings	p. 69
Assignments	p. 70
Variables	p. 71
Messages and Message Selectors	p. 73
Summary	p. 74
Further Reading	p. 74
An Example Java Class	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Defining a Class	p. 75
Defining a Method	p. 76
Creating an Instance	p. 78
Java and Object Orientation
Classes, Inheritance and Abstraction	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Classes Revisited	p. 83
Inheritance in Classes	p. 86
Abstract Classes	p. 89
Constructors and Their Use	p. 90
The main Method	p. 91
Encapsulation and Polymorphism	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
Encapsulation	p. 93
Packages	p. 94
Polymorphism	p. 97
Inner Classes and Reflection	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
What Are Inner Classes?	p. 101
Types of Inner Class	p. 103
How and When Should I Use Inner Classes?	p. 105
The Reflection API	p. 107
Data Structures	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Data Structure Classes	p. 113
The Abstract Class Dictionary	p. 114
The Hashtable Class	p. 114
The Vector Class	p. 115
The Stack Class	p. 118
A Queue Class	p. 118
Enumeration	p. 118
Arrays	p. 119
Memory Management	p. 124
Exercise: Vectors	p. 126
Summary	p. 127
Further Reading	p. 127
The Collections API	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
What Is in the Collections API?	p. 129
Collection Interfaces	p. 131
Abstract Implementations	p. 135
Concrete Implementations	p. 137
The Collections Class	p. 142
Iteration Over Collections	p. 143
Array Sorting and Searching	p. 144
Choosing a Collection class	p. 144
Summary	p. 144
Further Java
Control and Iteration	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
Control Structures	p. 149
Iteration	p. 153
Recursion	p. 155
Summary	p. 156
An Object-Oriented Organizer	p. 157
Introduction	p. 157
The Organizer Class	p. 157
The Class Definition	p. 158
The Updating Protocol	p. 158
The Accessing Protocol	p. 159
The main Method	p. 160
Exercise - the Financial Manager Project	p. 161
Streams and Files	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
Streams	p. 163
Files	p. 171
Accessing a File	p. 173
Creating a File	p. 175
Input From the Console	p. 176
Summary	p. 177
Serialization	p. 179
Introduction	p. 179
The ObjectOutputStream Class	p. 180
The ObjectInputStream Class	p. 180
The Serializable Interface	p. 181
The transient Keyword	p. 182
The Externalizable Interface	p. 182
A Simple Serialization Application	p. 183
Exercise - Using Files With the Financial Manager	p. 186
Summary	p. 188
Observers and Observables	p. 189
Introduction	p. 189
The Dependency Mechanism	p. 189
The Observer Interface	p. 193
Extending the Dependency Example	p. 194
Exercise - Dependency and the Financial Manager	p. 196
Summary	p. 196
Graphical Interfaces and Applets
Graphic Programming Using the Abstract Window Toolkit	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Windows as Objects	p. 199
Windows in Java	p. 200
The Abstract Window Toolkit	p. 200
The Component Class	p. 201
The Container Class	p. 203
The Panel Class	p. 204
The Frame Class	p. 204
The Graphics Class	p. 205
A Worked Graphical Application	p. 207
Further Reading	p. 210
User Interface Programming	p. 211
Introduction	p. 211
The Event Delegation Model	p. 211
GUI Component Classes	p. 215
Additional AWT Classes	p. 220
Managing Component Layout	p. 221
Introduction	p. 221
The Flowlayout Manager	p. 221
The Borderlayout Manager	p. 222
The GridLayout Manager	p. 223
The GridBayLayout Manager	p. 224
The CardLayout Manager	p. 227
A Simple GUI Example	p. 227
Putting the Swing into Java	p. 231
Introduction	p. 231
Swing, the JFC and the JDK	p. 231
What Is the MVC?	p. 232
Swinging the MVC Into Action	p. 233
Transitioning to Swing	p. 234
A Swinging Gallery	p. 237
Things to Remember	p. 242
Online References	p. 243
A GUI Case Study	p. 245
Introduction	p. 245
The Class Structure	p. 248
The Instance Structure	p. 255
Exercise - A GUI for the Financial Manager	p. 255
Summary	p. 256
Further Reading	p. 256
The Lowdown on Layouts, Borders and Containers	p. 257
Introduction	p. 257
Containers in Swing	p. 257
Layouts for Containers	p. 258
Borders in Swing	p. 262
Using Panels, Layouts and Borders	p. 270
Planning a Display	p. 270
Online References	p. 271
Combining Graphics and GUI Components	p. 273
Introduction	p. 273
The SwingDraw Application	p. 273
The Structure of the Application	p. 273
The Interactions Between Objects	p. 277
The Classes	p. 281
Exercises	p. 298
Summary	p. 299
Swing Data Model Case Study	p. 301
Introduction	p. 301
The JTree Swing Component	p. 301
The JTree Package	p. 305
Building the Data Model	p. 307
Building the GUI Application	p. 308
Online Resources	p. 314
Java: Speaking in Tongues	p. 315
Introduction	p. 315
Locale	p. 316
Properties Objects	p. 317
ResourceBundle Introduction	p. 318
Formatting Output	p. 321
Summary	p. 322
Online References	p. 322
The CUTting Edge	p. 323
Introduction	p. 323
The Simple Editor	p. 323
Cutting and Copying Data	p. 324
Pasting Data	p. 325
Drag and Drop	p. 327
Summary	p. 331
Internet Working
Sockets in Java	p. 335
Introduction	p. 335
Socket to socket communication	p. 335
Setting Up a Connection	p. 335
An Example Client-Server Application	p. 336
Applets and the Internet	p. 341
Introduction	p. 341
Applet Security	p. 342
The Applet Class	p. 342
Working With Applets	p. 344
The Account Applet	p. 344
A Brief Introduction to HTML	p. 346
The [left angle bracket]applet[right angle bracket] HTML Tag	p. 347
Accessing HTML Files	p. 348
Swing and Applets	p. 349
Exercise: Tic-Tac-Toe Applet	p. 349
Summary	p. 350
Further Reading	p. 350
Servlets: Serving Java up on the Web	p. 353
Introduction	p. 353
How Servlets Work	p. 354
The Structure of the Servlet API	p. 355
An Example Servlet	p. 356
Why Use Servlets?	p. 359
Summary	p. 360
Further Reading	p. 360
Java Server Pages	p. 361
Introduction	p. 361
What Is a JSP?	p. 361
A Very Simple JSP	p. 363
The Components of a JSP	p. 364
Making JSPs Interactive	p. 367
Why Use JSPs?	p. 368
Problems With JSPs	p. 368
Java Database Connectivity	p. 371
Introduction	p. 371
What Is JDBC?	p. 371
What the Driver Provides	p. 373
Registering Drivers	p. 373
Opening a Connection	p. 374
Obtaining Data From a Database	p. 375
Creating a Table	p. 377
Applets and Databases	p. 378
Mini SQL	p. 379
Further Reading	p. 379
Online References	p. 379
Java Development
Java Style Guidelines	p. 383
Introduction	p. 383
Code Layout	p. 383
Variables	p. 383
Classes	p. 386
Interfaces	p. 388
Enumerated Types	p. 388
Methods	p. 389
Scoping	p. 392
Statement Labels	p. 393
Exception Handling	p. 395
Introduction	p. 395
What Is an Exception?	p. 395
What Is Exception Handling?	p. 396
Throwing an Exception	p. 397
Catching an Exception	p. 398
Defining an Exception	p. 400
Concurrency	p. 403
Introduction	p. 403
Concurrent Processes	p. 403
Threads	p. 404
The Thread Class	p. 405
A Time Slicing Example	p. 408
Object-Oriented Design
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design	p. 415
Introduction	p. 415
Object-Oriented Design Methods	p. 415
Object-Oriented Analysis	p. 415
The Booch Method	p. 416
The Object Modeling Technique	p. 417
The Objectory Method	p. 419
The Fusion Method	p. 420
The Unified Modeling Language	p. 421
Summary	p. 421
The Unified Modeling Language	p. 423
Introduction	p. 423
The Meta-Model	p. 424
The Models	p. 424
Use Case Diagrams	p. 425
The Object Model	p. 426
Packages	p. 432
Sequence Diagrams	p. 434
Collaboration Diagrams	p. 435
State Machine Diagrams	p. 437
Deployment Diagrams	p. 440
Summary	p. 440
The Unified Process	p. 443
Introduction	p. 443
The Unified Process	p. 443
Requirements Workflow	p. 448
Analysis Workflow	p. 449
Design Workflow	p. 454
Implementation Workflow	p. 458
Testing Workflow	p. 458
Summary	p. 458
The Future
Areas of Java and Object Technology not Covered	p. 461
Introduction	p. 461
Language Areas	p. 461
Java Virtual Machine	p. 462
JavaBeans	p. 462
Enterprise JavaBeans	p. 463
Remote Method Invocation	p. 464
Java and C++	p. 465
CORBA	p. 466
Java Naming and Directory Interface	p. 467
Java and XML	p. 468
Java 2D and Java 3D	p. 468
Object-Oriented Databases	p. 469
Appendices
The Java API Packages	p. 471
Java Keywords	p. 472
References	p. 473
Index	p. 477
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