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Copyright, ii
Preface, xiii
0. Computers, Objects, and Java, 1
0.1. Welcome, 2
0.2. What Is a Computer?, 2
0.3. Networks, the Internet, and the World Wide Web, 3
0.4. Why Study Programming?, 6
0.5. Programming Languages, 6
0.6. Why Java?, 8
0.7. What Is Object-Oriented Programming?, 10
Chapter Summary, 18
Exercises, 20
1. Java Program Design and Development, 23
1.1. Introduction, 24
1.2. Designing Good Programs, 24
1.3. Designing a Riddle Program, 26
1.4. Java Language Elements, 33
1.5. Editing, Compiling, and Running a Java Program, 48
1.6. From the Java Library: System and PrintStream, 52
Chapter Summary, 54
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 56
Exercises, 57
2. Objects: Using, Creating, and Defining, 63
2.1. Introduction, 64
2.2. Using String Objects, 64
2.3. Drawing Shapes with a Graphics Object (Optional), 68
2.4. Class Definition, 73
2.5. Case Study: Simulating a Two-Person Game, 78
2.6. From the Java Library: java.util.Scanner, 91
Chapter Summary, 95
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 96
Exercises, 97
3. Methods: Communicating with Objects, 103
3.1. Introduction, 104
3.2. Passing Information to an Object, 104
3.3. Constructor Methods, 111
3.4. Retrieving Information from an Object, 115
3.5. Passing a Value and Passing a Reference, 118
3.6. Flow of Control: Control Structures, 121
3.7. Testing an Improved OneRowNim, 129
3.8. From the Java Library: java.lang.Object, 133
3.9. Object-Oriented Design: Inheritance and Polymorphism, 135
3.10. Drawing Lines and Defining Graphical Methods (Optional), 136
Chapter Summary, 139
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 140
Exercises, 142
4. Input/Output: Designing the User Interface, 149
4.1. Introduction, 150
4.2. The User Interface, 150
4.3. A Command-Line Interface, 151
4.4. A Graphical User Interface (GUI), 159
4.5. Case Study: The One-Row Nim Game, 175
4.6. From the Java Library: java.io.File and File Input (Optional), 183
Chapter Summary, 186
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 188
Exercises, 190
5. Java Data and Operators, 195
5.1. Introduction, 196
5.2. Boolean Data and Operators, 197
5.3. Numeric Data and Operators, 204
5.4. From the Java Library: java.lang.Math, 215
5.5. Numeric Processing Examples, 216
5.6. From the Java Library: java.text.NumberFormat, 228
5.7. Character Data and Operators, 230
5.8. Example: Character Conversions, 233
5.9. Problem Solving = Representation + Action, 236
Chapter Summary, 236
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 238
Exercises, 242
6. Control Structures, 249
6.1. Introduction, 250
6.2. Flow of Control: Repetition Structures, 250
6.3. Counting Loops, 251
6.4. Example: Car Loan, 260
6.5. Graphics Example: Drawing a Checkerboard, 262
6.6. Conditional Loops, 266
6.7. Example: Computing Averages, 272
6.8. Example: Data Validation, 275
6.9. Principles of Loop Design, 277
6.10. The switch Multiway Selection Structure, 278
6.11. Object-Oriented Design: Structured Programming, 282
Chapter Summary, 290
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 291
Exercises, 298
7. Strings and String Processing, 305
7.1. Introduction, 306
7.2. String Basics, 306
7.3. Finding Things within a String, 313
7.4. Example: Keyword Search, 315
7.5. From the Java Library: java.lang.StringBuffer, 317
7.6. Retrieving Parts of Strings, 320
7.7. Example: Processing Names and Passwords, 322
7.8. Processing Each Character in a String, 323
7.9. Comparing Strings, 326
7.10. From the Java Library: java.util.StringTokenizer, 332
7.11. Handling Text in a Graphics Context (Optional), 334
Chapter Summary, 340
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 341
Exercises, 344
8. Inheritance and Polymorphism, 349
8.1. Introduction, 350
8.2. Java’s Inheritance Mechanism, 350
8.3. Abstract Classes, Interfaces, and Polymorphism, 359
8.4. Example: A Toggle Button, 365
8.5. Example: The Cipher Class Hierarchy, 368
8.6. Case Study: A Two-Player Game Hierarchy, 375
8.7. Principles of Object-Oriented Design, 396
Chapter Summary, 397
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 398
Exercises, 400
9. Arrays and Array Processing, 405
9.1. Introduction, 406
9.2. One-Dimensional Arrays, 406
9.3. Simple Array Examples, 413
9.4. Example: Counting Frequencies of Letters, 416
9.5. Array Algorithms: Sorting, 420
9.6. Array Algorithms: Searching, 426
9.7. Two-Dimensional Arrays, 430
9.9. Object-Oriented Design: Polymorphic Sorting (Optional), 439
9.10. From the Java Library: java.lang.Vector, 443
9.11. CASE STUDY: An N-Player Computer Game, 444
9.12. A GUI-Based Game (Optional Graphics), 452
Chapter Summary, 459
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 460
Exercises, 465
10. Exceptions: When Things Go Wrong, 471
10.1. Introduction, 472
10.2. Handling Exceptional Conditions, 472
10.3. Java’s Exception Hierarchy, 474
10.4. Handling Exceptions within a Program, 478
10.5. Error Handling and Robust Program Design, 488
10.6. Creating and Throwing Your Own Exceptions, 497
Chapter Summary, 503
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 505
Exercises, 507
11. Files and Streams: Input/Output Techniques, 511
11.1. Introduction, 512
11.2. Streams and Files, 512
11.3. Case Study: Reading and Writing Text Files, 518
11.4. The File Class, 530
11.5. Example: Reading and Writing Binary Files, 533
11.6. Object Serialization: Reading and Writing Objects, 542
11.7. From the Java Library: javax.swing.JFileChooser, 547
11.8. Using File Data in Programs, 548
Chapter Summary, 551
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 552
Exercises, 553
12. Recursive Problem Solving, 557
12.1. Introduction, 558
12.2. Recursive Definition, 561
12.3. Recursive String Methods, 564
12.4. Recursive Array Processing, 574
12.5. Example: Drawing (Recursive) Fractals, 580
12.6. Object-Oriented Design: Tail Recursion, 584
12.7. Object-Oriented Design: Recursion or Iteration?, 586
12.8. From the Java Library: javax.swing.JComboBox, 588
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 595
Exercises, 599
13. Graphical User Interfaces, 603
13.1. Introduction, 604
13.2. Java GUIs: From AWT to Swing, 604
13.3. The Swing Component Set, 607
13.4. Object-Oriented Design: Model-View-Controller Architecture, 607
13.5. The Java Event Model, 609
13.6. Case Study: Designing a Basic GUI, 614
13.7. Containers and Layout Managers, 627
13.8. Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, and Borders, 633
13.9. Menus and Scroll Panes, 641
Chapter Summary, 650
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 651
Exercises, 653
14. Threads and Concurrent Programming, 657
14.1. Introduction, 658
14.2. What Is a Thread?, 658
14.3. From the Java Library: java.lang.Thread, 662
14.4. Thread States and Life Cycle, 668
14.5. Using Threads to Improve Interface Responsiveness, 670
14.6. Case Study: Cooperating Threads, 678
14.7. Case Study: The Game of Pong, 693
Chapter Summary, 700
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 702
Exercises, 704
15. Sockets and Networking, 707
15.1. Introduction, 708
15.2. An Overview of Networks, 708
15.3. Using Network Resources from an Applet, 714
15.4. From the Java Library: java.net.URL, 715
15.5. The Slide-Show Applet, 717
15.6. Using Network Resources from an Application, 722
15.7. Client/Server Communication via Sockets, 732
15.8. CASE STUDY: Generic Client/Server Classes, 736
15.9. Playing One-Row Nim Over the Network, 745
15.10. Java Network Security Restrictions, 752
15.11. Java Servlets and Java Server Pages, 753
Chapter Summary, 762
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 763
Exercises, 765
16. Data Structures: Lists, Stacks, and Queues, 767
16.1. Introduction, 768
16.2. The Linked List Data Structure, 768
16.3. Object-Oriented Design: The List Abstract Data Type (ADT), 780
16.4. The Stack ADT, 785
16.5. The Queue ADT, 788
16.6. From the Java Library: The Java Collections Framework and Generic Types, 791
16.7. Using the Set and Map Interfaces, 795
16.8. The Binary Search Tree Data Structure, 799
Chapter Summary, 801
Solutions to Self-Study Exercises, 803
Exercises, 806
A. Coding Conventions, 811
Comments, 811
Indentation and White Space, 813
Naming Conventions, 813
Use of Braces, 814
File Names and Layout, 815
Statements, 816
Executable Statements, 817
Preconditions and Postconditions, 818
Sample Programs, 818
B. The Java Development Kit, 819
The Java Compiler: javac, 819
The Java Interpreter: java, 821
The appletviewer, 821
The Java Archiver jar Tool, 825
The Java Documentation Tool: javadoc, 827
C. The ASCII and Unicode Character Sets, 828
D. Java Keywords, 829
E. Operator Precedence Hierarchy, 830
F. Java Inner Classes, 832
What Are Inner Classes?, 832
Nested Top-Level Versus Member Classes, 832
Local and Anonymous Inner Classes, 834
G. Java Autoboxing and Enumeration, 837
Autoboxing and Unboxing, 837
Enumeration, 838
H. Java and UML Resources, 841
Reference Books, 841
Online References, 841

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