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| Preface | |
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| The Book | |
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| Topics Covered in This Book | |
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| Features of this Book | |
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| Introduction to Java | |
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| Elements of Java | |
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| An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Applets Versus Applications | |
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| A First Java Program | |
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| Compiling and Executing a Java Program | |
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| Basic Elements of Java | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Java Names | |
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| Constants and Variables | |
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| Assignment Statements and Arithmetic Calculations | |
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| Assignment Operators | |
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| Increment and Decrement Operators | |
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| Mathematical Methods | |
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| Standard Input and Output | |
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| Program Examples | |
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| Debugging Java Programs | |
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| Branches and Program Design | |
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| Introduction to Top-down Design Techniques | |
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| Use of Pseudocode | |
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| Relational and Logical Operators | |
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| Selection Structures | |
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| Repetition Structures | |
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| The while Loop | |
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| The do/while Loop | |
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| The for Loop | |
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| Formatting Output Data | |
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| Example Problem | |
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| More on Debugging Java Programs | |
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| Arrays, File Access, and Plotting | |
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| Introduction to Arrays | |
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| Declaring Arrays | |
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| Using Array Elements in Java Statements | |
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| Reading and Writing Data to Files | |
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| Example Problems | |
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| Introduction to Plotting | |
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| Two-Dimensional Arrays | |
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| Methods | |
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| Why Use Methods? | |
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| Method Definitions | |
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| Variable Passing in Java: The Pass-by-Value Scheme | |
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| Example Problem | |
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| Automatic Variables | |
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| Scope | |
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| Recursive Methods | |
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| Method Overloading | |
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| Class java.util. Arrays | |
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| Additional Methods Supplied with This Book | |
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| Classes and Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| The Structure of a Class | |
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| Implementing a Timer Class | |
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| Class Scope | |
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| Types of Methods | |
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| Standard Java Packages | |
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| Creating Your Own Packages | |
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| Member Access Modifiers | |
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| Finalizers and Garbage Collection | |
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| Static Class Members | |
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| Exceptions and Complex Numbers | |
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| Exceptions and Exception Handling | |
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| Complex Numbers | |
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| Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Interfaces | |
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| Superclasses and Subclasses | |
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| Defining Superclasses and Suclasses | |
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| The Relationship Between Superclass Objects and Subclass Objects | |
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| Polymorphism | |
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| Abstract Classes | |
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| Final Methods and Classes | |
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| The Type-Wrapper Classes for Primitive Types | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| The Collection and Interator Interfaces | |
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| Strings | |
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| Creating and Initializing Strings | |
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| String Methods | |
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| Creating and Initializing StringBuffers | |
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| StringBuffer Methods | |
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| The StringTokenizer Class | |
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| Command-Line Arguments | |
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| Introduction to Java Graphics | |
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| Containers and Components | |
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| Drawing Lines | |
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| Drawing Other Shapes | |
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| Displaying Text | |
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| The Affine Transform | |
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| XOR Mode | |
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| Basic Graphical User Interfaces | |
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| How a Graphical User Interface Works | |
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| Creating and Displaying a Graphical User Interface | |
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| Events and Event Handling | |
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| Selected Graphical User Interface Components | |
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| Layout Managers | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Additional GUI Components and Applets | |
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| Additional Graphical User Interface Components | |
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| Menus | |
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| Dialog Boxes | |
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| Interfaces and Adapter Classes | |
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| Pop-Up Menus | |
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| Pluggable Look and Feel | |
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| Introduction to Applets | |
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| Input and Output | |
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| The Structure of the Java I/O System | |
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| Sequential Data Input | |
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| Sequential Data Output | |
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| Formatted Input and Output | |
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| Unformatted Input and Output | |
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| Random Access Files | |
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| Getting Information about Files: The File class | |
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| ASCII Character Set | |
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| Operator Precedence Chart | |
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| Answers to Practice Boxes | |
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| Index | |