The Java Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics, 4th Edition

ISBN: 0321334205
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 125

Authors: Sharon Zakhour, Scott Hommel, Jacob Royal, Isaac Rabinovitch, Tom Risser, Mark Hoeber

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Getting Started

• About the Java Technology
• How Will Java Technology Change My Life?
• First Steps (Win32)
• First Steps (UNIX/Linux)
• First Steps (MacOS)
• A Closer Look at HelloWorld
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

Object-Oriented Programming Concepts

• What Is an Object?
• What Is a Message?
• What Is a Class?
• What Is Inheritance?
• What Is an Interface?
• How Do These Concepts Translate into Code?
• Summary
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

Language Basics

• Variables
• Operators
• Expressions, Statements, and Blocks
• Control Flow Statements
• Code Samples

Object Basics and Simple Data Objects

• The Life Cycle of an Object
• Characters and Strings
• Numbers
• Arrays
• Code Samples

Classes and Inheritance

• Creating Classes
• Managing Inheritance
• Implementing Nested Classes
• Code Samples

Interfaces and Packages

• Creating and Using Interfaces
• Creating and Using Packages
• Code Samples

Handling Errors Using Exceptions

• What Is an Exception?
• The Catch or Specify Requirement
• Catching and Handling Exceptions
• Specifying the Exceptions Thrown by a Method
• How to Throw Exceptions
• Runtime Exceptions The Controversy
• Advantages of Exceptions
• Summary of Exceptions
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

Threads: Doing Two or More Tasks at Once

• What Is a Thread?
• Using the Timer and TimerTask Classes
• Customizing a Threads run Method
• The Life Cycle of a Thread
• Understanding Thread Priority
• Synchronizing Thread
• Grouping Threads
• Summary of Threads
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

I/O: Reading and Writing

• Overview of I/O Streams
• Using the Streams
• Object Serialization
• Working with Random Access Files
• And the Rest…
• Summary of Reading and Writing
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

User Interfaces That Swing

• Overview of the Swing API
• Your First Swing Program
• Example Two: SwingApplication
• Example Three: CelsiusConverter
• Example Four: LunarPhases
• Example Five: VoteDialog
• Layout Management
• Threads and Swing
• Visual Index to Swing Components
• Summary
• Questions and Exercises
• Code Samples

Appendix A. Common Problems and Their Solutions

• Appendix A. Common Problems and Their Solutions
• Getting Started Problems
• General Programming Problems
• Applet Problems
• User Interface Problems

Appendix B. Internet-Ready Applets

• Appendix B. Internet-Ready Applets
• Overview of Applets
• AWT Components
• Taking Advantage of the Applet API
• Practical Consideration of Writing Applets
• Finishing an Applet
• Swing-Based Applets
• Code Samples

Appendix C. Collections

• Appendix C. Collections
• Introduction
• Interfaces
• Implementations
• Algorithms
• Custom Implementations
• Interoperability

Appendix D. Deprecated Thread Methods

• Appendix D. Deprecated Thread Methods
• Why Is Thread.stop Deprecated?
• Why Are Thread.suspend and Thread.resume Deprecated?
• What about Thread.destroy?
• Why Is Runtime.runFinalizersOnExit Deprecated?

Appendix E. Reference

• Appendix E. Reference
• Java Programming Language Keywords
• Operator Precedence
• The APPLET Tag
• POSIX Conventions for Command Line Arguments
• Integrated Development Environments
• Path Help