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Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design / Edition 5

by William Loftus, William Loftus

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ISBN-10: 0321409493

ISBN-13: 9780321409492

Pub. Date: 02/15/2006

Publisher: Addison Wesley

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

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ISBN-13:: 9780321409492
Publisher:: Addison Wesley
Publication date:: 02/15/2006
Edition description:: Older Edition
Pages:: 784
Product dimensions:: 7.32(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.15(d)

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	Preface	vii
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
1.1	Computer Processing	2
	Software Categories	3
	Digital Computers	5
	Binary Numbers	7
1.2	Hardware Components	10
	Computer Architecture	10
	Input/Output Devices	12
	Main Memory and Secondary Memory	13
	The Central Processing Unit	17
1.3	Networks	19
	Network Connections	19
	Local-Area Networks and Wide-Area Networks	21
	The Internet	22
	The World Wide Web	24
	Uniform Resource Locators	25
1.4	The Java Programming Language	26
	A Java Program	27
	Comments	29
	Identifiers and Reserved Words	31
	White Space	33
1.5	Program Development	35
	Programming Language Levels	36
	Editors, Compilers, and Interpreters	38
	Development Environments	40
	Syntax and Semantics	41
	Errors	42
1.6	Object-Oriented Programming	43
	Problem Solving	44
	Object-Oriented Software Principles	45
Chapter 2	Data and Expressions	61
2.1	Character Strings	62
	The print and println Methods	62
	String Concatenation	64
	Escape Sequences	66
2.2	Variables and Assignment	69
	Variables	69
	The Assignment Statement	71
	Constants	73
2.3	Primitive Data Types	73
	Integers and Floating Points	74
	Characters	75
	Booleans	77
2.4	Expressions	77
	Arithmetic Operators	78
	Operator Precedence	78
	Increment and Decrement Operators	83
	Assignment Operators	84
2.5	Data Conversion	85
	Conversion Techniques	87
2.6	Interactive Programs	88
	The Scanner Class	88
2.7	Graphics	93
	Coordinate Systems	94
	Representing Color	95
2.8	Applets	96
	Executing Applets Using the Web	98
2.9	Drawing Shapes	99
	The Graphics Class	99
Chapter 3	Using Classes and Objects	113
3.1	Creating Objects	114
	Aliases	116
3.2	The String Class	118
3.3	Packages	121
	The import Declaration	122
3.4	The Random Class	124
3.5	The Math Class	127
3.6	Formatting Output	130
	The NumberFormat Class	130
	The DecimalFormat Class	133
	The printf Method	135
3.7	Enumerated Types	135
3.8	Wrapper Classes	138
	Autoboxing	141
3.9	Components and Containers	141
	Frames and Panels	142
3.10	Nested Panels	145
3.11	Images	148
Chapter 4	Writing Classes	155
4.1	Anatomy of a Class	156
	Instance Data	161
	UML Class Diagrams	162
4.2	Encapsulation	163
	Visibility Modifiers	164
	Accessors and Mutators	165
4.3	Anatomy of a Method	166
	The return Statement	167
	Parameters	169
	Local Data	170
	Bank Account Example	171
4.4	Constructors Revisited	175
4.5	Graphical Objects	175
4.6	Graphical User Interfaces	184
4.7	Buttons	185
4.8	Text Fields	189
Chapter 5	Conditionals and Loops	201
5.1	Boolean Expressions	202
	Equality and Relational Operators	203
	Logical Operators	204
5.2	The if Statement	207
	The if-else Statement	209
	Using Block Statements	212
	The Conditional Operator	217
	Nested if Statements	218
5.3	Comparing Data	220
	Comparing Floats	220
	Comparing Characters	221
	Comparing Objects	222
5.4	The switch Statement	223
5.5	The while Statement	227
	Infinite Loops	232
	Nested Loops	234
	Other Loop Controls	237
5.6	Iterators	238
	Reading Text Files	239
5.7	The do Statement	242
5.8	The for Statement	245
	Iterators and for Loops	249
	Comparing Loops	251
5.9	Drawing with Loops and Conditionals	251
5.10	Determining Event Sources	254
5.11	Dialog Boxes	260
5.12	More Button Components	263
	Check Boxes	264
	Radio Buttons	267
Chapter 6	Object-Oriented Design	287
6.1	Software Development Activities	288
6.2	Identifying Classes and Objects	289
	Assigning Responsibilities	291
6.3	Static Class Members	291
	Static Variables	292
	Static Methods	292
6.4	Class Relationships	296
	Dependency	296
	Dependencies Among Objects of the Same Class	296
	Aggregation	303
	The this Reference	305
6.5	Interfaces	309
	The Comparable Interface	315
	The Iterator Interface	316
6.6	Enumerated Types Revisited	316
6.7	Method Design	319
	Method Decomposition	320
	Method Parameters Revisited	325
6.8	Method Overloading	328
6.9	Testing	333
	Reviews	334
	Defect Testing	334
6.10	GUI Design	336
6.11	Layout Managers	337
	Flow Layout	339
	Border Layout	344
	Grid Layout	348
	Box Layout	350
6.12	Borders	354
6.13	Containment Hierarchies	358
Chapter 7	Arrays	369
7.1	Array Elements	370
7.2	Declaring and Using Arrays	371
	Bounds Checking	373
	Alternate Array Syntax	379
	Initializer Lists	379
	Arrays as Parameters	380
7.3	Arrays of Objects	381
7.4	Command-Line Arguments	392
7.5	Variable Length Parameter Lists	394
7.6	Two-Dimensional Arrays	398
	Multidimensional Arrays	402
7.7	The ArrayList Class	403
	Specifying an ArrayList Element Type	404
	ArrayList Efficiency	406
7.8	Polygons and Polylines	407
	The Polygon Class	408
7.9	Mouse Events	412
7.10	Key Events	420
Chapter 8	Inheritance	437
8.1	Creating Subclasses	438
	The protected Modifier	443
	The super Reference	444
	Multiple Inheritance	448
8.2	Overriding Methods	449
	Shadowing Variables	451
8.3	Class Hierarchies	452
	The Object Class	454
	Abstract Classes	455
	Interface Hierarchies	457
8.4	Visibility	458
8.5	Designing for Inheritance	461
	Restricting Inheritance	462
8.6	The Component Class Hierarchy	463
8.7	Extending Adapter Classes	465
8.8	The Timer Class	469
Chapter 9	Polymorphism	481
9.1	Late Binding	482
9.2	Polymorphism via Inheritance	483
9.3	Polymorphism via Interfaces	496
9.4	Sorting	498
	Selection Sort	498
	Insertion Sort	505
	Comparing Sorts	506
9.5	Searching	507
	Linear Search	507
	Binary Search	511
	Comparing Searches	513
9.6	Designing for Polymorphism	513
9.7	Event Processing	514
9.8	File Choosers	515
9.9	Color Choosers	518
9.10	Sliders	521
Chapter 10	Exceptions	531
10.1	Exception Handling	532
10.2	Uncaught Exceptions	533
10.3	The try-catch Statement	534
	The finally Clause	537
10.4	Exception Propagation	538
10.5	The Exception Class Hierarchy	541
	Checked and Unchecked Exceptions	544
10.6	I/O Exceptions	545
10.7	Tool Tips and Mnemonics	549
10.8	Combo Boxes	556
10.9	Scroll Panes	562
10.10	Split Panes	564
Chapter 11	Recursion	575
11.1	Recursive Thinking	576
	Infinite Recursion	577
	Recursion in Math	577
11.2	Recursive Programming	578
	Recursion vs. Iteration	581
	Direct vs. Indirect Recursion	581
11.3	Using Recursion	582
	Traversing a Maze	582
	The Towers of Hanoi	588
11.4	Recursion in Graphics	593
	Tiled Pictures	593
	Fractals	596
Chapter 12	Collections	611
12.1	Collections and Data Structures	612
	Separating Interface from Implementation	612
12.2	Dynamic Representations	613
	Dynamic Structures	613
	A Dynamically Linked List	614
	Other Dynamic List Representations	619
12.3	Linear Data Structures	621
	Queues	621
	Stacks	622
12.4	Non-Linear Data Structures	624
	Trees	625
	Graphs	626
12.5	The Java Collections API	628
	Generics	628
Appendix A	Glossary	639
Appendix B	Number Systems	665
Appendix C	The Unicode Character Set	673
Appendix D	Java Operators	677
Appendix E	Java Modifiers	683
Appendix F	Java Coding Guidelines	687
Appendix G	Java Applets	693
Appendix H	Regular Expressions	695
Appendix I	JavaDoc	697
Appendix J	The PaintBox Project	703
Appendix K	GUI Events	715
Appendix L	Java Syntax	719
Appendix M	The Java Class Library	733
	Index	893

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