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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Computers and Java | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Program? | |
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| Computer Systems: Hardware and Software | |
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| Programming Languages | |
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| What Is a Program Made of? | |
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| The Programming Process | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenge | |
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| Java Fundamentals | |
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| The Parts of a Java Program | |
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| The print and printIn Methods, and the Java API | |
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| Variables and Literals | |
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| Primitive Data Types | |
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| Arithmetic Operators | |
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| Combined Assignment Operators | |
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| Conversion between Primitive Data Types | |
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| Creating Named Constants with final | |
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| The String Class | |
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| Scope | |
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| Comments | |
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| Programming Style | |
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| Reading Keyboard Input | |
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| Dialog Boxes | |
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| The printf Method | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| A First Look at Classes and Objects | |
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| Classes | |
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| More about Passing Arguments | |
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| Instance Fields and Methods | |
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| Constructors | |
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| A Bank Account Class | |
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| Classes, Variables, and Scope | |
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| Packages and import Statements | |
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| Focus on Object-Oriented Design: Finding the Classes and Their Responsibilities | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Decision Structures | |
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| The if Statement | |
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| The if-else Statement | |
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| The Payroll Class | |
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| Nested i f Statements | |
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| The if-else-if Statement | |
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| Logical Operators | |
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| Comparing String Objects | |
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| More about Variable Declaration and Scope | |
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| The Conditional Operator (Optional) | |
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| The switch Statement | |
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| Formatting Numbers with the Decimal Format Class | |
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| Focus on Problem Solving: The Sales Commission Class | |
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| The Random Class | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Loops and Files | |
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| The Increment and Decrement Operators | |
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| The while Loop | |
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| Using the while Loop for Input Validation | |
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| The do-while Loop | |
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| The for Loop | |
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| Running Totals and Sentinel Values | |
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| Nested Loops | |
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| The break and continue Statements | |
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| Deciding Which Loop to Use | |
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| Introduction to File Input and Output | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| A Second Look at Classes and Objects | |
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| Static Class Members | |
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| Overloaded Methods | |
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| Overloaded Constructors | |
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| Passing Objects as Arguments to Methods | |
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| Returning Objects from Methods | |
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| The toString Method | |
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| Writing an equals Method | |
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| Methods That Copy Objects | |
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| Aggregation | |
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| The this Reference Variable | |
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| Inner Classes | |
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| Enumerated Types | |
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| Garbage Collection | |
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| Focus on Object-Oriented Design: Class Collaboration | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Arrays and the ArrayList Class | |
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| Introduction to Arrays | |
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| Processing Array Contents | |
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| Passing Arrays as Arguments to Methods | |
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| Some Useful Array Algorithms and Operations | |
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| Returning Arrays from Methods | |
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| String Arrays | |
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| Arrays of Objects | |
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| The Sequential Search Algorithm | |
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| The Selection Sort and the Binary Search Algorithms | |
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| Two-Dimensional Arrays | |
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| Arrays with Three or More Dimensions | |
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| Command-Line Arguments and Variable-Length Argument Lists | |
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| The ArrayList Class | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Text Processing and Wrapper Classes | |
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| Introduction to Wrapper Classes | |
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| Character Testing and Conversion with the Character Class | |
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| More about String Objects | |
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| The StringBuilder Class | |
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| Tokenizing Strings | |
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| Wrapper Classes for the Numeric Data Types | |
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| Focus on Problem Solving: The Test Score Reader Class | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| What Is Inheritance? | |
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| Calling the Superclass Constructor | |
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| Overriding Superclass Methods | |
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| Protected Members | |
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| Classes That Inherit from Subclasses. | |
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| The Object Class | |
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| Polymorphism | |
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| Abstract Classes and Abstract Methods | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Exceptions and Advanced File I /O | |
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| Handling Exceptions | |
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| Throwing Exceptions | |
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| Advanced Topics: Binary Files, Random Access Files, and Object Serialization | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| GUI Applications-Part 1 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dialog Boxes | |
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| Creating Windows | |
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| Equipping GUI Classes with a main Method | |
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| Layout Managers | |
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| Radio Buttons and Check Boxes | |
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| Borders | |
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| Focus on Problem Solving: Extending the JPanel Class | |
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| Splash Screens | |
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| Using Console Output to Debug a GUI Application | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| GUI Applications-Part 2 | |
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| Read-Only Text Fields | |
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| Lists | |
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| Combo Boxes | |
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| Displaying Images in Labels and Buttons | |
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| Mnemonics and Tool Tips | |
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| File Choosers and Color Choosers | |
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| Menus | |
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| More about Text Components: Text Areas and Fonts | |
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| Sliders | |
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| Look and Feel | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Applets and More | |
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| Introduction to Applets | |
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| A Brief Introduction to HTML | |
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| Creating Applets with Swing | |
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| Using AWT for Portability | |
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| Drawing Shapes | |
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| Handling Mouse Events | |
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| Timer Objects | |
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| Playing Audio | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Recursion | |
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| Introduction to Recursion | |
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| Solving Problems with Recursion | |
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| Examples of Recursive Methods | |
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| A Recursive Binary Search Method | |
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| The Towers of Hanoi | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Databases | |
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| Introduction to Database Management Systems | |
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| Tables, Rows, and Columns | |
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| The SQL SELECT Statement | |
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| Introduction to JDBC | |
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| Inserting Rows | |
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| Updating and Deleting Existing Rows | |
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| Creating and Deleting Tables | |
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| Creating a New Database with Java DB | |
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| Scrollable Result Sets | |
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| Result Set Meta Data | |
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| Displaying Query Results in a J Table | |
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| Relational Data | |
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| Advanced Topics | |
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| Common Errors to Avoid | |
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| Review Questions and Exercises | |
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| Programming Challenges | |
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| Getting Started with Alice | |
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| Index | |
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| The ASCII/Unicode Characters | |
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| Operator Precedence and Associativity | |
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| Java Key Words | |
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| Installing the JDK and JDK Documentation | |
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| Using the javadoc Utility | |
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| More about the Math Class | |
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| Packages | |
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| Working with Records and Random-Access Files | |
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| Installing Java DB | |
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| The QuickSort Algorithm | |
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| Answers to Checkpoints Questions | |
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| Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions | |
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| The Amortization Class | |
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| The PinTester Class | |
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| Parallel Arrays | |
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| The Serial Number Class | |
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| A Simple Text Editor Application | |