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Core Java 2, Volume 1: Fundamentals

by: Horstmann, Cay; Cornell, Gary

Core Java 2, Volume 1: Fundamentals

by: Horstmann, Cay; Cornell, Gary

ISBN 13:
9780130894687
ISBN 10:
0130894680
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Pearson P T R
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This new fifth edition includes thorough explanations of inner classes, dynamic proxy classes, exception handling, debugging, the Java event model, Input/Output, file management, and much more. Includes information on building GUI applications with Swing classes, making the most of dynamic proxy classes and inner classes, and more. The CD-ROM contains complete source code examples, the Java 2, Standard Edition, Version 1.3 SDK, and useful tools.

Preface

xix

To the Reader

xix

About This Book

xxi

Conventions

xxiii

CD-ROM

xxiv

Acknowledgments

xxv

An Introduction to Java

(18)

Java as a Programming Tool

(1)

Advantages of Java

(1)

The Java ``White Paper'' Buzzwords

(6)

Simple

(1)

Object Oriented

(1)

Distributed

(1)

Robust

Secure

(3)

Architecture Neutral

(1)

Portable

(1)

Interpreted

(1)

High Performance

(1)

Multithreaded

(1)

Dynamic

(1)

Java and the Internet

(3)

Applets at Work

(1)

Server-side Java

(1)

A Short History of Java

(2)

Common Misconceptions About Java

(4)

The Java Programming Environment

(24)

Installing the Java Software Development Kit

(4)

Setting the Execution Path

(1)

Installing the Library Source and Documentation

(1)

Installing the Core Java Program Examples

(1)

Navigating the Java Directories

(1)

Development Environments

(1)

Using the Command Line Tools

(2)

Troubleshooting Hints

(1)

Using an Integrated Development Environment

(3)

Locating Compilation Errors

(1)

Compiling and Running Programs from a Text Editor

(4)

Graphical Applications

(3)

Applets

(6)

Fundamental Programming Structures in Java

(68)

A Simple Java Program

(3)

Comments

(1)

Data Types

(3)

Integers

(1)

Floating-Point Types

(1)

The Character Type

(1)

The boolean Type

(1)

Variables

(1)

Assignments and Initializations

(2)

Constants

(1)

Operators

(8)

Increment and Decrement Operators

(1)

Relational and boolean Operators

(1)

Bitwise Operators

(1)

Mathematical Functions and Constants

(1)

Conversions Between Numeric Types

(1)

Casts

(1)

Parentheses and Operator Hierarchy

(1)

Strings

(12)

Concatenation

(1)

Substrings

(1)

String Editing

(2)

Testing Strings for Equality

(2)

Reading the On-line API Documentation

(2)

Reading Input

(2)

Formatting Output

(3)

Control Flow

(19)

Block Scope

(1)

Conditional Statements

(4)

Indeterminate Loops

(5)

Determinate Loops

(4)

Multiple Selections---the switch Statement

(2)

Breaking Control Flow

(3)

Big Numbers

(2)

Arrays

(16)

Array Initializers and Anonymous Arrays

(1)

Copying Arrays

(2)

Command Line Parameters

(1)

Sorting an Array

100

(3)

Multidimensional Arrays

103

(3)

Ragged Arrays

106

(5)

Objects and Classes

111

(70)

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

112

(8)

The Vocabulary of OOP

113

(1)

Objects

114

(2)

Relationships Between Classes

116

(2)

Contrasting OOP with Traditional Procedural Programming Techniques

118

(2)

Using Existing Classes

120

(11)

Objects and Object Variables

120

(3)

The GregorianCalendar Class of the Java Library

123

(8)

Building Your Own Classes

131

(11)

An Employee Class

131

(3)

Using Multiple Source Files

134

(1)

Analyzing the Employee Class

135

(1)

First Steps with Constructors

135

(2)

The Methods of the Employee Class

137

(3)

Method Access to Private Data

140

(1)

Private Methods

141

(1)

Final Instance Fields

142

(1)

Static Fields and Methods

142

(6)

Static Fields

142

(1)

Constants

143

(1)

Static Methods

144

(1)

Factory Methods

145

(1)

The main Method

145

(3)

Method Parameters

148

(7)

Object Construction

155

(9)

Overloading

155

(1)

Default Field Initialization

156

(1)

Default Constructors

157

(1)

Explicit Field Initialization

157

(1)

Parameter Names

158

(1)

Calling Another Constructor

159

(1)

Initialization Blocks

159

(4)

Object Destruction and the finalize Method

163

(1)

Packages

164

(9)

Using Packages

164

(9)

Documentation Comments

173

(4)

How to Insert Comments

173

(1)

Class Comments

174

(1)

Method Comments

174

(1)

Field Comments

175

(1)

General Comments

175

(1)

Package and Overview Comments

176

(1)

How to Extract Comments

177

(1)

Class Design Hints

177

(4)

Inheritance

181

(70)

Extending Classes

182

(21)

Inheritance Hierarchies

189

(1)

Polymorphism

190

(1)

Dynamic Binding

191

(2)

Preventing Inheritance: Final Classes and Methods

193

(1)

Casting

194

(3)

Abstract Classes

197

(5)

Protected Access

202

(1)

Object: The Cosmic Superclass

203

(21)

The equals and toString methods

204

(7)

Generic Programming

211

(2)

Array Lists

213

(7)

Object Wrappers

220

(4)

The Class Class

224

(4)

Reflection

228

(19)

Using Reflection to Analyze the Capabilities of Classes

228

(5)

Using Reflection to Analyze Objects at Run Time

233

(7)

Using Reflection to Write Generic Array Code

240

(3)

Method Pointers!

243

(4)

Design Hints for Inheritance

247

(4)

Interfaces and Inner Classes

251

(44)

Interfaces

252

(10)

Properties of Interfaces

257

(1)

Interfaces and Abstract Classes

258

(1)

Interfaces and Callbacks

259

(3)

Object Cloning

262

(6)

Inner Classes

268

(19)

Using an Inner Class to Access Object State

270

(4)

Special Syntax Rules for Inner Classes

274

(1)

Are Inner Classes Useful? Are They Actually Necessary? Are They Secure?

275

(3)

Local Inner Classes

278

(5)

Static Inner Classes

283

(4)

Proxies

287

(8)

Properties of Proxy Classes

292

(3)

Graphics Programming

295

(52)

Introduction to Swing

296

(3)

Creating a Frame

299

(4)

Frame Positioning

303

(6)

Displaying Information in a Panel

309

(6)

2D Shapes

315

(8)

Colors

323

(5)

Filling Shapes

326

(2)

Text and Fonts

328

(11)

Images

339

(8)

Event Handling

347

(70)

Basics of Event Handling

348

(19)

Example: Handling a button click

351

(6)

Selecting Event Listeners

357

(4)

Example: Changing the Look and Feel

361

(3)

Example: Capturing Window Events

364

(3)

The AWT Event Hierarchy

367

(3)

Semantic and Low-Level Events in the AWT

370

(3)

Event Handling Summary

370

(3)

Low-Level Events

373

(19)

Focus Events

373

(2)

Keyboard Events

375

(7)

Consuming Events

382

(1)

Mouse Events

383

(9)

Actions

392

(9)

Multicasting

401

(4)

The Event Queue

405

(12)

Adding Custom Events

406

(11)

User Interface Components With Swing

417

(160)

The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern

418

(7)

A Model-View-Controller Analysis of Swing Buttons

423

(2)

An Introduction to Layout Management

425

(6)

Border Layout

427

(2)

Panels

429

(2)

Text Input

431

(26)

Text Fields

431

(7)

Input Validation

438

(9)

Password Fields

447

(1)

Text Areas

448

(4)

Labels and Labeling Components

452

(2)

Selecting Text

454

(1)

Editing Text

455

(2)

Making Choices

457

(23)

Check Boxes

457

(3)

Radio Buttons

460

(5)

Borders

465

(5)

Combo Boxes

470

(3)

Sliders

473

(7)

Menus

480

(22)

Building Menus

481

(3)

Icons in Menu Items

484

(1)

Check Box and Radio Button Menu Items

485

(2)

Pop-up Menus

487

(1)

Keyboard Mnemonics and Accelerators

488

(3)

Enabling and Disabling Menu Items

491

(5)

Tool Bars

496

(2)

Tool Tips

498

(4)

Sophisticated Layout Management

502

(29)

Grid Layout

505

(5)

Box Layout

510

(5)

Grid Bag Layout

515

(2)

The gridx, gridy, gridwidth, and gridheight Parameters

517

(1)

Weight Fields

517

(1)

The fill and anchor Parameters

518

(1)

Padding

518

(1)

An Alternative Method to Specify the gridx, gridy, gridwidth, and gridheight Parameters

519

(4)

Using No Layout Manager

523

(1)

Custom Layout Managers

524

(5)

Traversal Order

529

(2)

Dialog Boxes

531

(46)

Option Dialogs

532

(12)

Creating Dialogs

544

(4)

Data Exchange

548

(7)

File Dialogs

555

(13)

Color Choosers

568

(9)

Applets

577

(58)

Applet Basics

578

(17)

A Simple Applet

580

(2)

Running the Applet Viewer

582

(2)

Viewing an Applet in a Browser

584

(4)

Converting Applications to Applets

588

(2)

Life Cycle of an Applet

590

(2)

Security Basics

592

(1)

Pop-Up Windows in Applets

593

(2)

The Applet HTML Tags and Attributes

595

(14)

Applet Attributes for Positioning

596

(2)

Applet Attributes for Code

598

(3)

Applet Attributes for Java-Challenged Viewers

601

(1)

The OBJECT Tags

601

(1)

Java Plug-In Tags

602

(1)

Passing Information to Applets

603

(6)

Multimedia

609

(3)

URLs

609

(1)

Obtaining Multimedia Files

610

(2)

The Applet Context

612

(11)

Inter-Applet Communication

612

(1)

Displaying Items in the Browser

613

(2)

A Bookmark Applet

615

(3)

It's an Applet. It's an Application. It's is Both!

618

(5)

JAR Files

623

(12)

The Manifest

625

(2)

Jar Caching

627

(1)

Self-Running JAR files

628

(1)

Resources

628

(5)

Optional Packages

633

(1)

Sealing

634

(1)

Exceptions and Debugging

635

(58)

Dealing with Errors

636

(8)

The Classification of Exceptions

637

(2)

Advertising the Exceptions That a Method Throws

639

(3)

How to Throw an Exception

642

(1)

Creating Exception Classes

643

(1)

Catching Exceptions

644

(11)

Catching Multiple Exceptions

647

(1)

Rethrowing Exceptions

647

(4)

A Final Look at Java Error-and Exception-Handling

651

(4)

Some Tips on Using Exceptions

655

(4)

Debugging Techniques

659

(24)

Useful Tricks for Debugging

659

(5)

Assertions

664

(2)

Using a Console Window

666

(2)

Tracing AWT Events

668

(5)

The AWT Robot

673

(4)

Profiling

677

(4)

Coverage Testing

681

(2)

Using a Debugger

683

(10)

The JDB Debugger

683

(5)

The Forte Debugger

688

(5)

Streams and Files

693

(84)

Streams

693

(4)

Reading and Writing Bytes

694

(3)

The Complete Stream Zoo

697

(20)

Layering Stream Filters

699

(5)

Data Streams

704

(3)

Random-Access File Streams

707

(10)

ZIP File Streams

717

(9)

Putting Streams to Use

726

(14)

Writing Delimited Output

727

(1)

String Tokenizers and Delimited Text

727

(2)

Reading Delimited Input

729

(4)

Random-Access Streams

733

(7)

Object Streams

740

(29)

Storing Objects of Variable Type

741

(4)

Object Serialization File Format

745

(4)

The Problem of Saving Object References

749

(7)

Output Format for Object References

756

(3)

Security

759

(5)

Versioning

764

(2)

Using Serialization for Cloning

766

(3)

File Management

769

(8)

Appendix

777

(2)

Index

779

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