Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java:Second Updated Edition for the Open University - Tapa dura

This book develops the object-oriented programming skills of experienced programmers (at the Junior, Senior or above level) by showing how to use Java 2 (the latest release of Sun's Java platform), and by providing a complete understanding of the philosophy behind Java 2. It starts out covering the language-independent concepts that are at the heart of the Java world, and then moves on to introduce Java through several example programs. Following this is an in-depth discussion on inheritance and polymorphism. Finally, the book concludes with material on important features of Java that are not object-oriented.

Timothy Budd is an Associate Professor of COmputer Science at Oregon State University. He's well known for his work on multi-paradigm programming languages, programming environments, compiler implementation and optimization techniques. He's written several titles for Addison-Wesley, including Classic Data Structures in Java, Data Structures in C++ using the STL, An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and A Little Smalltalk.