Java for Practitioners: An Introduction and Reference to Java and Object Orientation

1 Java and Object Orientation.- 1 Introduction to Object Orientation.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Programming Paradigms.- 1.3 Revolution Versus Evolution.- 1.4 Why Learn a New Programming Paradigm?.- 1.5 Pedigree of Object-Oriented Languages.- 1.6 Fundamentals of Object Orientation.- 1.7 The Basic Principles of Object Orientation.- 1.8 Encapsulation.- 1.9 Inheritance.- 1.10 Abstraction.- 1.11 Polymorphism.- 1.12 Summary.- 1.13 Further Reading.- 2 Elements of Object Orientation.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Terminology.- 2.3 Types of Hierarchy.- 2.4 The Move to Object Technology.- 2.5 Summary.- 2.6 Exercises.- 2.7 Further Reading.- 3 Why Object Orientation?.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Procedural Approach.- 3.3 Does Object Orientation Do Better?.- 3.4 Summary.- 4 Constructing an Object-Oriented System.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 The Application: Windscreen Wipe Simulation.- 4.3 Where Do We Start?.- 4.4 Identifying the Objects.- 4.5 Identifying the Services or Methods.- 4.6 Refining the Objects.- 4.7 Bringing It All Together.- 4.8 Where Is the Structure?.- 4.9 Summary.- 4.10 Exercise.- 4.11 Further Reading.- 5 A Brief History of Time, the Universe and Java.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 What Is Java?.- 5.3 Objects in Java.- 5.4 History.- 5.5 Commercial Versions of Java.- 5.6 The Java Environment.- 5.7 Further Reading.- 6 Java 2 Platform: Java's Third Age?.- 6.1 The Three Ages of Java.- 6.2 So What's in the Java 2 Platform?.- 6.3 Analysis of the Java 2 Platform.- 6.4 Conclusions.- 6.5 Online References.- 7 Basic Java.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Setting Up the Development Environment.- 7.3 Compiling and Executing Java.- 7.4 Using the Java Debugger.- 7.5 Using the Java Documentation Tool.- 7.6 Summary.- 7.7 Further Reading.- 8 Java Building Blocks.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 The Basics of the Language.- 8.3 Classes.- 8.4 Method Definitions.- 8.5 Interface Definitions.- 9 Java Constructs.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Numbers and Numeric Operators.- 9.3 Characters and Strings.- 9.4 Assignments.- 9.5 Variables.- 9.6 Messages and Message Selectors.- 9.7 Exercise: Hello World.- 9.8 Summary.- 10 Control and Iteration.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Control Structures.- 10.3 Iteration.- 10.4 Recursion.- 10.5 Exercise: Factorial.- 10.6 Summary.- 11 The Person Class.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Defining a Class.- 11.3 Defining a Method.- 11.4 Creating an Instance.- 11.5 Exercise: Person.- 12 Classes, Inheritance and Abstraction.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Classes Revisited.- 12.3 Inheritance in Classes.- 12.4 Abstract Classes.- 12.5 Constructors and Their Use.- 12.6 The main Method.- 13 Encapsulation and Polymorphism.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 Encapsulation.- 13.3 Packages.- 13.4 Polymorphism.- 13.5 Exercise: Managers and Employees.- 14 Data Structures.- 14.1 Introduction.- 14.2 Data Structure Classes.- 14.3 The Abstract Class Dictionary.- 14.4 The Hashtable Class.- 14.5 The Vector Class.- 14.6 The Stack Class.- 14.7 A Queue Class.- 14.8 Enumeration.- 14.9 Arrays.- 14.10 Memory Management.- 14.11 Exercise: Vectors.- 14.12 Summary.- 14.13 Further Reading.- 15 The Collection API.- 15.1 Introduction.- 15.2 What Is in the Collections API?.- 15.3 Collection Interfaces.- 15.4 Abstract Implementations.- 15.5 Concrete Implementations.- 15.6 The Collections class.- 15.7 Iteration Over Collections.- 15.8 Array Sorting and Searching.- 15.9 Choosing a Collection Class.- 15.10 Summary.- 16 An Object-Oriented Organizer.- 16.1 Introduction.- 16.2 The Organizer Class.- 16.3 The Class Definition.- 16.4 The Updating Protocol.- 16.5 The Accessing Protocol.- 16.6 The Main Method.- 16.7 Exercise: the Financial Manager Project.- 2 Java Developers' Handbook.- 17 Graphic Programming Using the Abstract Window Toolkit.- 17.1 Introduction.- 17.2 Windows as Objects.- 17.3 Windows in Java.- 17.4 The Abstract Window Toolkit.- 17.5 The Component Class.- 17.6 The Container Class.- 17.7 The Panel Class.- 17.8 The Frame Class.- 17.9 The Graphics Class.- 17.10 A Worked Graphical Application.- 17.11 Exercise: