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Lewis and Loftus helped transform introductory programming courses when they published the worldwide best-selling Java Software Solutions, the first book written from the ground-up specifically for such a course using Java. With this Fourth Edition, John Lewis and William Loftus remain on the leading edge of computer science education by making enhancements relevant to today's introductory Java students. Book jacket.

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Computer Processing	p. 2
Software Categories	p. 3
Digital Computers	p. 5
Binary Numbers	p. 7
Hardware Components	p. 10
Computer Architecture	p. 10
Input/Output Devices	p. 12
Main Memory and Secondary Memory	p. 13
The Central Processing Unit	p. ... MORE17
Networks	p. 19
Network Connections	p. 19
Local-Area Networks and Wide-Area Networks	p. 21
The Internet	p. 22
The World Wide Web	p. 24
Uniform Resource Locators	p. 25
The Java Programming Language	p. 26
A Java Program	p. 27
Comments	p. 29
Identifiers and Reserved Words	p. 31
White Space	p. 33
Program Development	p. 35
Programming Language Levels	p. 36
Editors, Compilers, and Interpreters	p. 38
Development Environments	p. 40
Syntax and Semantics	p. 41
Errors	p. 42
Object-Oriented Programming	p. 43
Problem Solving	p. 44
Object-Oriented Software Principles	p. 45
Data and Expressions	p. 61
Character Strings	p. 62
The print and println Methods	p. 62
String Concatenation	p. 64
Escape Sequences	p. 66
Variables and Assignment	p. 69
Variables	p. 69
The Assignment Statement	p. 71
Constants	p. 73
Primitive Data Types	p. 73
Integers and Floating Points	p. 74
Characters	p. 75
Booleans	p. 77
Expressions	p. 77
Arithmetic Operators	p. 78
Operator Precedence	p. 78
Increment and Decrement Operators	p. 83
Assignment Operators	p. 84
Data Conversion	p. 85
Conversion Techniques	p. 87
Interactive Programs	p. 88
The Scanner Class	p. 88
Graphics	p. 93
Coordinate Systems	p. 94
Representing Color	p. 95
Applets	p. 96
Executing Applets Using the Web	p. 98
Drawing Shapes	p. 99
The Graphics Class	p. 99
Using Classes and Objects	p. 113
Creating Objects	p. 114
Aliases	p. 116
The String Class	p. 118
Packages	p. 121
The import Declaration	p. 122
The Random Class	p. 124
The Math Class	p. 127
Formatting Output	p. 130
The NumberFormat Class	p. 130
The DecimalFormat Class	p. 133
The printf Method	p. 135
Enumerated Types	p. 135
Wrapper Classes	p. 138
Autoboxing	p. 141
Components and Containers	p. 141
Frames and Panels	p. 142
Nested Panels	p. 145
Images	p. 148
Writing Classes	p. 155
Anatomy of a Class	p. 156
Instance Data	p. 161
UML Class Diagrams	p. 162
Encapsulation	p. 163
Visibility Modifiers	p. 164
Accessors and Mutators	p. 165
Anatomy of a Method	p. 166
The return Statement	p. 167
Parameters	p. 169
Local Data	p. 170
Bank Account Example	p. 171
Constructors Revisited	p. 175
Graphical Objects	p. 175
Graphical User Interfaces	p. 184
Buttons	p. 185
Text Fields	p. 189
Conditionals and Loops	p. 201
Boolean Expressions	p. 202
Equality and Relational Operators	p. 203
Logical Operators	p. 204
The if Statement	p. 207
The if-else Statement	p. 209
Using Block Statements	p. 212
The Conditional Operator	p. 217
Nested if Statements	p. 218
Comparing Data	p. 220
Comparing Floats	p. 220
Comparing Characters	p. 221
Comparing Objects	p. 222
The switch Statement	p. 223
The while Statement	p. 227
Infinite Loops	p. 232
Nested Loops	p. 234
Other Loop Controls	p. 237
Iterators	p. 238
Reading Text Files	p. 239
The do Statement	p. 242
The for Statement	p. 245
Iterators and for Loops	p. 249
Comparing Loops	p. 251
Drawing with Loops and Conditionals	p. 251
Determining Event Sources	p. 254
Dialog Boxes	p. 260
More Button Components	p. 263
Check Boxes	p. 264
Radio Buttons	p. 267
Object-Oriented Design	p. 287
Software Development Activities	p. 288
Identifying Classes and Objects	p. 289
Assigning Responsibilities	p. 291
Static Class Members	p. 291
Static Variables	p. 292
Static Methods	p. 292
Class Relationships	p. 296
Dependency	p. 296
Dependencies Among Objects of the Same Class	p. 296
Aggregation	p. 303
The this Reference	p. 305
Interfaces	p. 309
The Comparable Interface	p. 315
The Iterator Interface	p. 316
Enumerated Types Revisited	p. 316
Method Design	p. 319
Method Decomposition	p. 320
Method Parameters Revisited	p. 325
Method Overloading	p. 328
Testing	p. 333
Reviews	p. 334
Defect Testing	p. 334
GUI Design	p. 336
Layout Managers	p. 337
Flow Layout	p. 339
Border Layout	p. 344
Grid Layout	p. 348
Box Layout	p. 350
Borders	p. 354
Containment Hierarchies	p. 358
Arrays	p. 369
Array Elements	p. 370
Declaring and Using Arrays	p. 371
Bounds Checking	p. 373
Alternate Array Syntax	p. 379
Initializer Lists	p. 379
Arrays as Parameters	p. 380
Arrays of Objects	p. 381
Command-Line Arguments	p. 392
Variable Length Parameter Lists	p. 394
Two-Dimensional Arrays	p. 398
Multidimensional Arrays	p. 402
The ArrayList Class	p. 403
Specifying an ArrayList Element Type	p. 404
ArrayList Efficiency	p. 406
Polygons and Polylines	p. 407
The Polygon Class	p. 408
Mouse Events	p. 412
Key Events	p. 420
Inheritance	p. 437
Creating Subclasses	p. 438
The protected Modifier	p. 443
The super Reference	p. 444
Multiple Inheritance	p. 448
Overriding Methods	p. 449
Shadowing Variables	p. 451
Class Hierarchies	p. 452
The Object Class	p. 454
Abstract Classes	p. 455
Interface Hierarchies	p. 457
Visibility	p. 458
Designing for Inheritance	p. 461
Restricting Inheritance	p. 462
The Component Class Hierarchy	p. 463
Extending Adapter Classes	p. 465
The Timer Class	p. 469
Polymorphism	p. 481
Late Binding	p. 482
Polymorphism via Inheritance	p. 483
Polymorphism via Interfaces	p. 496
Sorting	p. 498
Selection Sort	p. 498
Insertion Sort	p. 505
Comparing Sorts	p. 506
Searching	p. 507
Linear Search	p. 507
Binary Search	p. 511
Comparing Searches	p. 513
Designing for Polymorphism	p. 513
Event Processing	p. 514
File Choosers	p. 515
Color Choosers	p. 518
Sliders	p. 521
Exceptions	p. 531
Exception Handling	p. 532
Uncaught Exceptions	p. 533
The try-catch Statement	p. 534
The finally Clause	p. 537
Exception Propagation	p. 538
The Exception Class Hierarchy	p. 541
Checked and Unchecked Exceptions	p. 544
I/O Exceptions	p. 545
Tool Tips and Mnemonics	p. 549
Combo Boxes	p. 556
Scroll Panes	p. 562
Split Panes	p. 564
Recursion	p. 575
Recursive Thinking	p. 576
Infinite Recursion	p. 577
Recursion in Math	p. 577
Recursive Programming	p. 578
Recursion vs. Iteration	p. 581
Direct vs. Indirect Recursion	p. 581
Using Recursion	p. 582
Traversing a Maze	p. 582
The Towers of Hanoi	p. 588
Recursion in Graphics	p. 593
Tiled Pictures	p. 593
Fractals	p. 596
Collections	p. 611
Collections and Data Structures	p. 612
Separating Interface from Implementation	p. 612
Dynamic Representations	p. 613
Dynamic Structures	p. 613
A Dynamically Linked List	p. 614
Other Dynamic List Representations	p. 619
Linear Data Structures	p. 621
Queues	p. 621
Stacks	p. 622
Non-Linear Data Structures	p. 624
Trees	p. 625
Graphs	p. 626
The Java Collections API	p. 628
Generics	p. 628
Glossary	p. 639
Number Systems	p. 665
The Unicode Character Set	p. 673
Java Operators	p. 677
Java Modifiers	p. 683
Java Coding Guidelines	p. 687
Java Applets	p. 693
Regular Expressions	p. 695
JavaDoc	p. 697
The PaintBox Project	p. 703
GUI Events	p. 715
Java Syntax	p. 719
The Java Class Library	p. 733
Index	p. 893
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