Java Programmer JDK 1.2 Exam Prep

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ISBN: 9781576102619

ISBN-10: 1576102610

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Edition: 1999

Authors: Joe Wigglesworth

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List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Coriolis Group, LLC, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 600
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Joe Wigglesworth, P.Eng, earned his B.A.Sc and M.A.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is a senior manager at IBM Toronto Laboratory where he leads the Centre for Advanced Studies. He taught C++ programming courses at a community college in Toronto for four years. He taught Java and JavaScript programming at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies for three years and was a recipient of the school?s Excellence in Teaching Award.

Introduction	p. xxiii
Introduction To Java	p. 1
Java Design Principles	p. 2
History Of Java	p. 3
Java Tools	p. 4
The Java Virtual Machine	p. 4
The Java Development Kit	p. 4
Java Documentation	p. 5
Sun's Java Certification Exam	p. 5
Signing Up With Sun	p. 5
Signing Up With Sylvan Prometric	p. 6
Taking The Test	p. 7
Get A Java Job	p. 7
Chapter Summary	p. 7
Hands-On Projects	p. 8
Case Projects	p. 11
Java Language Fundamentals	p. 13
The Structure Of Java Programs	p. 14
Packages, Import Statements, And Class Names	p. 15
Access Modifiers And Packages	p. 16
Java Reserved Words	p. 17
Java Identifiers	p. 18
Java Variables And Data Types	p. 18
Primitive Variables	p. 18
The Integer Primitives	p. 18
Representing Integer Primitives	p. 19
The char Primitive	p. 21
The Floating-Point Primitives	p. 22
The boolean Primitives	p. 23
Classes Easily Confused With Primitives	p. 23
Reference Variables	p. 23
Array Variables	p. 24
Class Basics	p. 25
Inner Classes	p. 25
Methods	p. 25
Constructing An Object	p. 27
Interface Basics	p. 28
Sun's Java Development Kit	p. 28
The Java Compiler	p. 29
Source-Code Directories And Packages	p. 29
Source-Code Comments	p. 30
Conventions For Applications	p. 30
An Example Application	p. 30
Console Applications	p. 33
Conventions For Applets	p. 33
[PARAM] Tags	p. 34
Applet Method Conventions	p. 35
JavaDoc Format Documentation	p. 35
Chapter Summary	p. 37
Review Questions	p. 37
Hands-On Projects	p. 42
Case Projects	p. 45
Java Operators With Primitives And Objects	p. 47
Numeric Operators	p. 48
Increment And Decrement	p. 48
Unary + And - Operators	p. 49
Arithmetic Operators * / % + And -	p. 49
Arithmetic Errors	p. 52
The Modulo Operator	p. 54
Numeric Comparisons	p. 54
Logical And Bitwise Operators	p. 54
Bitwise Operations With Integers	p. 54
Logical Operators	p. 58
The Conditional Operators andand And	p. 59
Logical Operations With Objects	p. 60
The instanceof Operator	p. 60
Using == And equals With Objects	p. 62
Some equals And == Pitfalls	p. 62
String Operators--A Special Case	p. 64
Strings Are Immutable	p. 64
The toString Method	p. 65
Expression Evaluation	p. 65
Examples	p. 66
Casting And Converting OF References	p. 66
Narrowing Conversions Of References	p. 67
Summary Of Allowed Reference Conversions	p. 67
Array Declaration, Initialization, And Conversion	p. 68
Common Pitfalls In Initializing Arrays	p. 69
Casting And Converting Arrays	p. 69
Chapter Summary	p. 70
Review Questions	p. 70
Hands-On Projects	p. 76
Case Project	p. 83
Creating Java Classes	p. 85
Creating Java Classes	p. 86
Declaring A Java Class	p. 86
The Class Body	p. 90
Constructors	p. 98
Declaring A Constructor	p. 99
Static Members And Variables	p. 102
Static Fields	p. 102
Static Methods	p. 104
Static Constructors	p. 106
The this Keyword	p. 107
Automatic Variables	p. 110
Initialization of Automatic Variables	p. 112
Variable Hiding	p. 112
Local Variable Declaration	p. 113
Method Signatures	p. 113
Inner Classes	p. 114
Nested Top-Level Classes And Interfaces	p. 115
Member Classes	p. 116
Local Classes	p. 117
Anonymous Classes	p. 117
Chapter Summary	p. 118
Review Questions	p. 119
Hands On Projects	p. 126
Case Projects	p. 132
Flow Control And Exceptions	p. 135
Loops With for, while, And do	p. 136
The for Loop	p. 136
Using do And while	p. 137
The break And continue Statements In Loops	p. 137
Branching With if - else And switch	p. 140
Flow Control With switch - case	p. 141
Summary Of Basic Flow Control	p. 142
Exceptions, Errors, And Flow Control	p. 142
The Throwable Class	p. 143
Handling Exceptions With try And catch	p. 143
Exceptions, try, catch, And finally	p. 146
Exceptions On Top Of Exceptions	p. 147
Designing Programs With Exceptions	p. 147
Checked Or Unchecked Exceptions?	p. 147
Chapter Summary	p. 148
Review Questions	p. 148
Hands-On Projects	p. 156
Case Projects	p. 163
Program Architecture With Java Classes And Objects	p. 165
Extending Classes And Implementing Interfaces	p. 166
Examples From The Standard Library	p. 166
Example From The Testing Applet	p. 166
Why Implement Runnable?	p. 168
Extending The Quest Class	p. 168
Benefits Of This Architecture	p. 168
Overriding Methods	p. 169
Restrictions On Overriding Methods	p. 169
Accessing The Overriden Method	p. 171
Overriding Variables	p. 171
Overloading Methods	p. 172
Overloading Constructors	p. 172
Abstract Classes In Program Design	p. 173
Extending An Abstract Class	p. 173
More About Interfaces	p. 174
Defining Constants In Interfaces	p. 175
Subclassing Interfaces	p. 175
Interfaces In The Standard Library	p. 175
The Class Class	p. 175
Dynamic Class Loading	p. 176
The Reflection API	p. 176
The final Problem	p. 176
Design Patterns And Java	p. 177
The Singleton Pattern	p. 177
The Model-View-Controller Pattern	p. 178
The Observer-Observable Pattern	p. 178
The Decorator Pattern	p. 178
Memory Management In Java	p. 179
What Is An Unreachable Object?	p. 180
The Programmer's View Of Memory Management	p. 180
Finalizers And Program Design	p. 181
Memory Limits	p. 182
Chapter Summary	p. 183
Review Questions	p. 183
Hands-On Projects	p. 189
Case Projects	p. 195
Java Threads	p. 197
Multitasking Vs. Multithreading	p. 198
The Thread Class	p. 198
The Thread Life-Cycle	p. 198
Creating A New Thread	p. 199
Static Methods Of The Thread Class	p. 202
More Thread Methods	p. 203
I/O Processes And Threads	p. 204
The Death Of A Thread	p. 205
Thread Groups	p. 205
Synchronizing Objects And Threads	p. 206
The synchronized Keyword	p. 206
Examples From The Standard Library	p. 207
Which Object To Synchronize On	p. 208
Objects Not To Synchronize On	p. 208
What About static Methods?	p. 209
Using wait And notify	p. 209
Using wait With A Timeout	p. 210
The InterruptedException	p. 210
Hazards Of Thread Programming	p. 211
Deadlock Situations	p. 211
Use Of The System Thread	p. 211
Exceptions Associated With Threads	p. 212
Chapter Summary	p. 212
Review Questions	p. 212
Hands-On Projects	p. 217
Case Projects	p. 224
Standard Java Library	p. 225
The Core Classes	p. 226
The Object Class	p. 226
The Class Class	p. 228
The String Class	p. 228
The StringBuffer Class	p. 229
The Primitive Wrapper Classes	p. 229
The Math Class	p. 231
The System Class	p. 232
The Runtime Class	p. 234
The Extended Math Classes	p. 235
The BigDecimal Class	p. 235
The BigInteger Class	p. 235
The Utility Classes	p. 235
Using Properties Objects	p. 235
The Locale Class	p. 236
The Calendar And Date Classes	p. 237
Using A StringTokenizer	p. 237
The Original Collections	p. 238
The Hashtable Class	p. 239
The Vector Class	p. 242
The Advanced Collections Classes	p. 244
The Interfaces	p. 244
The Abstract Classes	p. 247
Some Concrete Collection Classes	p. 248
Utility Classes That Work With Collection Classes	p. 248
Chapter Summary	p. 250
Review Questions	p. 250
Hands-On Projects	p. 254
Case Projects	p. 262
Java AWT And JFC Components	p. 263
An Overview Of Java Graphic Interfaces	p. 264
Java 1.0:The First AWT	p. 264
Java 1.1:Improved Event Handling	p. 264
Java 1.1:Name Changes And Deprecated Methods	p. 265
Java 1.1:The Java Foundation Classes And Swing	p. 265
The Java AWT Package	p. 266
The Component Class	p. 267
Interfaces Implemented By Component	p. 267
Appearance-Related Properties And Methods	p. 268
Behavior-Related Methods	p. 270
Direct Descendents Of Component	p. 270
The Container Class	p. 271
How Container Classes Are Used	p. 271
Adding Components To A Container	p. 272
Using Checkbox Objects	p. 273
Using List And Choice Objects	p. 275
Getting Text Input	p. 277
Menu-Related Classes	p. 278
Building A Menu	p. 278
Graphics-Related Classes In The AWT	p. 281
The Color Class	p. 281
The ComponentOrientation Class	p. 281
The Cursor Class	p. 282
The AlphaComposite Class	p. 282
The Font Class	p. 283
The Graphics And Graphics2D Classes	p. 283
The Image Class And The java.awt.image Package	p. 283
Screen Geometry Classes	p. 284
Event-Related Classes In The AWT	p. 286
The Event Class	p. 286
The AWTEvent And EventObject Classes	p. 287
User Interfaces With Swing Classes	p. 287
The JComponent Class	p. 289
The ComponentUI Class	p. 289
Pluggable Look And Feel	p. 290
Primary Containers And JRootPane	p. 291
The JRootPane Class	p. 292
The JLayeredPane Class	p. 293
The JScrollPane Class	p. 294
Standard Dialog Boxes With JOptionPane	p. 294
A Summary Of User Controls With AWT And Swing	p. 295
Chapter Summary	p. 296
Review Questions	p. 296
Hands-On Projects	p. 299
Case Projects	p. 310
Bulding GUI Applications With Layout Managers	p. 311
The Layout Manager Concept	p. 312
The LayoutManager Interface	p. 312
Some Classes Implementing LayoutManager	p. 313
The LayoutManager2 Interface	p. 316
Building A Custom Layout Manager	p. 322
Default Layout Managers	p. 322
Specialized Containers	p. 322
Using The JToolBar Container	p. 323
Using The JTabbedPane Class	p. 324
The JSplitPane Class	p. 325
Chapter Summary	p. 325
Review Questions	p. 326
Hands-On Projects	p. 330
Case Projects	p. 340
Java Event Handling	p. 341
A Brief History Of Java Event Handling	p. 342
Events In Java 1.0	p. 342
Events In Java 1.1	p. 343
The Event Hierarchy	p. 344
The AWTEvent Class	p. 344
The ActionEvent Class	p. 345
The AdjustmentEvent Class	p. 346
The ComponentEvent Group	p. 347
The InputEvent Events	p. 348
The KeyEvent Class	p. 349
The MouseEvent Class	p. 349
Generating Events	p. 350
Event Listeners	p. 351
The Listener Interfaces	p. 351
The Adapter Classes	p. 351
Adding Listeners To A Component	p. 353
Listeners And Menus	p. 353
Listener Chains And The AWTEventMulticaster Class	p. 353
Coordinating Events With Actions	p. 354
The AbstractAction Class	p. 355
Creating Controls With An Action Object	p. 356
Chapter Summary	p. 356
Review Questions	p. 356
Hands-On Projects	p. 359
Case Projects	p. 375
Java Graphics	p. 377
Introduction To Graphics	p. 378
The Graphics Class	p. 378
Graphics Objects And Color	p. 378
Coordinate Systems And Graphics	p. 379
Drawing With Graphics	p. 379
Drawing In XOR Mode	p. 382
The Clipping Area	p. 382
Drawing Text	p. 384
The GraphicsEnvironment And Fonts	p. 384
The Font Class	p. 384
Positioning Text	p. 384
Where Do Graphics Come From?	p. 386
The Component getGraphics Method	p. 387
Graphics For Off-Screen Images	p. 387
The Graphics2D Class	p. 388
Graphics2D Coordinate Systems	p. 388
Graphics2D And Color	p. 389
Graphics2D And The Pen	p. 389
Printing	p. 389
The Printing Interfaces And Classes	p. 390
Working With Images	p. 392
The Image Class	p. 392
The MediaTracker Class	p. 393
Filters	p. 394
The PixelGrabber Class	p. 395
The MemoryImageSource Class	p. 395
Chapter Summary	p. 395
Review Questions	p. 396
Hands-On Projects	p. 397
Case Projects	p. 407
Java IO	p. 409
How Java Treats Files	p. 410
The File Class	p. 410
The RandomAccessFile Class	p. 413
Stream Methods	p. 414
Where Do Streams Come From?	p. 415
Streams And Network Connections	p. 415
Filtering Input Streams	p. 419
Plugging Functionality Together	p. 420
Readers And Writers	p. 421
The InputStreamReader Class	p. 421
The BufferedReader Class	p. 422
The FileReader Class	p. 422
The OutputStreamWriter Class	p. 422
The BufferedWriter Class	p. 422
The PrintWriter Class	p. 422
The FileWriter Class	p. 422
Object Serialization	p. 423
Writing An Object	p. 423
Reading An Object	p. 424
When And What To Serialize	p. 424
JAR And Zip Files	p. 425
Reading And Writing JAR FIles	p. 425
Networks, Sockets, TCP/IP, And Datagrams	p. 425
Networks And Protocols	p. 426
The Socket Class And TCP/IP	p. 426
The UDP Protocol And DatagramSockets	p. 427
Talking To Serial And Parallel Ports	p. 429
Chapter Summary	p. 429
Review Questions	p. 429
Hands-On Projects	p. 432
Case Projects	p. 452
Advanced Java Topics	p. 453
Java In A Demitasse	p. 454
Smart Card Standards	p. 454
Java Card Hardware	p. 454
The Java Card API	p. 455
The iButton Implementation OfJava Card	p. 456
The Java Communications API	p. 458
The Contents Of The javax.comm Package	p. 459
Managing Ports	p. 460
Talking To Ports With SerialPort And ParallelPort Objects	p. 460
Java Servlets	p. 462
The Basic Servlet Interface	p. 463
The Servlet Development Kit	p. 463
The servletrunner Utility	p. 464
Invoking A Servlet	p. 465
The Servlet API	p. 465
Life Cycle OfA Servlet	p. 468
Typical Servlet Uses	p. 468
Chapter Summary	p. 469
Hands-On Projects	p. 469
Case Projects	p. 477
Internet Resources And Books	p. 479
Java Programming And Debugging Hints	p. 483
Objectives	p. 487
Glossary	p. 489
Index	p. 513
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