Fundamentals of Programming p. 1
Introduction to Java and JBuilder p. 3
Introduction p. 4
The History of Java p. 4
Characteristics of Java p. 5
World Wide Web, Java, and Beyond p. 10
The Java Language Specification and API p. 12
JDK, Java IDE, and JBuilder p. 13
A Simple Java Program p. 14
Anatomy of the Java Program
Getting Started with JBuilder p. 18
Creating a Project p. 23
Creating, Compiling, and Executing a Java Program p. 27
Displaying Text in a Message Dialog Box p. 35
Primitive Data Types and Operations p. 41
Introduction p. 42
Writing Simple Programs p. 42
Identifiers p. 46
Variables p. 48
Assignment Statements and Assignment Expressions p. 49
Constants p. 50
Numeric Data Types and Operations p. 51
Numeric Type Conversions p. 56
Character Data Type and Operations p. 58
Boolean Data Type and Operations p. 61
Operator Precedence and Associativity p. 64
Operand Evaluation Order p. 65
Getting Input from Input Dialogs p. 66
Case Studies p. 70
Programming Style and Documentation p. 76
Programming Errors p. 80
Debugging p. 83
Debugging in JBuilder p. 84
Run Java Applications from the Command Line p. 91
JBuilder's Online Help p. 92
Control Statements p. 105
Introduction p. 106
Selection Statements p. 106
Loop Statements p. 117
Nested Loops p. 127
Which Loop to Use? p. 129
Using the Keywords break and continue p. 130
Case Studies p. 134
Debugging Loops p. 141
Methods p. 153
Introduction p. 154
Creating a Method p. 154
Calling a Method p. 155
Passing Parameters p. 159
Overloading Methods p. 162
The Scope of Local Variables p. 167
Method Abstraction p. 168
The Math Class p. 168
Case Studies (Optional) p. 175
Recursion (Optional) p. 182
Arrays p. 205
Introduction p. 206
Declaring Array Variables and Creating Arrays p. 206
Initializing and Processing Arrays p. 208
Copying Arrays p. 214
Passing Arrays to Methods p. 217
Multidimensional Arrays p. 226
Sorting Arrays p. 234
Searching Arrays p. 237
Object-Oriented Programming p. 251
Objects and Classes p. 253
Introduction p. 254
Defining Classes for Objects p. 254
Constructing Objects Using Constructors p. 255
Accessing Objects via Reference Variables p. 257
Visibility Modifiers, Accessors, and Mutators p. 264
Passing Objects to Methods p. 270
Static Variables, Constants, and Methods p. 272
The Scope of Variables p. 278
The Keyword this p. 279
Array of Objects p. 280
Class Abstraction p. 283
Case Studies p. 283
Inner Classes (Optional) p. 291
Strings p. 305
Introduction p. 306
The String Class p. 306
The Character Class p. 315
The StringBuffer Class p. 318
The StringTokenizer Class p. 323
Command-Line Arguments p. 326
Inheritance and Polymorphism p. 335
Introduction p. 336
Superclasses and Subclasses p. 336
Using the Super Keyword p. 338
Overriding Methods p. 341
The Object Class p. 343
Polymorphism, Dynamic Binding, and Generic Programming p. 345
Casting Objects and the instanceof Operator p. 346
Hiding Fields and Static Methods (Optional) p. 351
The Protected Data and Methods p. 352
The final Classes, Methods, and Variables p. 354
The finalize, clone, and getClass Methods (Optional) p. 354
Initialization Blocks (Optional) p. 356
Abstract Classes and Interfaces p. 367
Introduction p. 368
Abstract Classes p. 368
The Calendar and GregorianCalendar Classes p. 375
Interfaces p. 376
Processing Primitive Data Type Values as Objects p. 386
Object-Oriented Modeling p. 399
Introduction p. 400
Analyzing Relationships Among Objects p. 401
Class Development p. 404
The Rational Class p. 413
Class Design Guidelines p. 419
Modeling Dynamic Behavior Using Sequence Diagrams and Statecharts p. 421
Case Studies (Optional) p. 423
Designing Classes for Linked Lists (Optional) p. 430
Framework-Based Programming Using Java API p. 438
GUI Programming p. 445
Getting Started with GUI Programming p. 447
Introduction p. 448
The Java GUI API p. 448
Frames p. 452
Layout Managers p. 456
Using Panels as Containers p. 464
Drawing Graphics in Panels p. 466
The Color Class p. 468
The Font and FontMetrics Classes p. 469
Drawing Geometric Figures p. 476
Case Studies p. 485
Event-Driven Programming p. 505
Introduction p. 506
Event and Event Source p. 506
Listeners, Registrations, and Handling Events p. 507
Mouse Events p. 518
Keyboard Events p. 523
Creating User Interfaces p. 531
Introduction p. 532
The Component and JComponent Classes p. 532
Buttons p. 533
Labels p. 538
Text Fields p. 541
Text Areas p. 544
Combo Boxes p. 549
Lists p. 552
Check Boxes p. 556
Radio Buttons p. 561
Borders p. 566
JOptionPane Dialogs p. 573
Menus p. 582
Creating Multiple Windows p. 590
Scrollbars p. 594
Scroll Panes p. 598
Tabbed Panes p. 603
Applets p. 619
Introduction p. 620
The Applet Class p. 620
The JApplet Class p. 622
Creating a Java Applet Using the Applet Wizard p. 623
Viewing Applets p. 625
The HTML File and the [left angle bracket]applet[right angle bracket] Tag p. 628
Passing Parameters to Applets p. 632
Enabling Applets to Run as Applications p. 635
Case Studies (Optional) p. 638
Developing Comprehensive Projects p. 653
Exceptions and Assertions p. 655
Introduction p. 656
Exceptions and Exception Types p. 656
Understanding Exception Handling p. 659
Rethrowing Exceptions p. 667
The finally Clause p. 668
When to Use Exceptions p. 668
Creating Custom Exception Classes (Optional) p. 669
Assertions p. 674
Input and Output p. 685
Introduction p. 686
The File Class p. 686
I/O Streams p. 691
File Streams p. 694
Filter Streams p. 697
Data Streams p. 698
Print Streams p. 702
Buffered Streams p. 704
File Dialogs p. 708
Text Input and Output on the Console (Optional) p. 714
Object Streams p. 716
Random Access Files p. 722
Parsing Text Files (Optional) p. 733
Array Streams, Piped Streams, String Streams, Pushback Streams, and Line Number Streams (Optional) p. 736
Java Data Structures p. 745
Introduction p. 746
The Collection Interface and the AbstractCollection Class p. 747
The Set Interface, and the AbstractSet and HashSet Classes p. 749
The LinkedHashSet Class p. 751
The SortedSet Interface and the TreeSet Class p. 752
The Comparator Interface p. 754
The List Interface, the AbstractList Class, and the Abstract-SequentialList Class p. 757
The ArrayList and LinkedList Classes p. 758
The Vector Class p. 761
The Stack Class p. 764
The Map Interface, the AbstractMap class, the SortedMap interface, the HashMap, LinkedHashMap, and TreeMap Classes p. 766
The Collections Class p. 772
The Arrays Class p. 776
Multithreading p. 783
Introduction p. 784
Thread Concepts p. 784
Creating Threads by Extending the Thread Class p. 785
Creating Threads by Implementing the Runnable Interface p. 788
Thread Controls and Communications p. 791
Thread States p. 792
Thread Groups p. 794
Synchronization p. 794
Controlling Animation Using Threads p. 799
Controlling Animation Using the Timer Class p. 803
Multimedia p. 817
Introduction p. 818
Playing Audio p. 818
Running Audio on a Separate Thread p. 823
Displaying Images p. 825
Loading Image and Audio Files in Java Applications p. 828
Displaying a Sequence of Images p. 833
Using MediaTracker p. 836
Appendixes p. 845
Java Keywords p. 847
The ASCII Character Set p. 851
Operator Precedence Chart p. 855
Java Modifiers p. 859
UML Graphical Notations p. 861
Classes and Objects p. 861
The Modifiers public, private, protected, and static p. 861
Class Relationships p. 862
Abstract Classes and Interfaces p. 863
Sequence Diagrams p. 863
Statechart Diagrams p. 863
Special Floating-Point Values p. 865
Glossary p. 867
Index p. 877
Bonus Chapters (on CD-ROM only)
Internationalization
Introduction
The Locale Class
Processing Date and Time
Formatting Numbers
Resource Bundles (Optional)
Networking
Introduction
Client/Server Computing
The InetAddress Class
Serving Multiple Clients
Applet Clients
Sending and Receiving Objects
The URL class and Viewing Web Pages from Applets
Retrieving Files from Web Servers
Viewing HTML Files Using JEditorPane
Cases Studies (Optional)
Java Database Programming
Introduction
Relational Database Systems
SQL
JDBC
Processing Statements
Retrieving Metadata
A Universal SQL Client
Servlets
Introduction
HTML and Common Gateway Interface
The GET and POST Methods
From CGI to Java Servlets
Creating and Running Servlets from JBuilder
The Servlet API
Creating Servlets
Database Programming Using Servlets
Session Tracking
Sending Images from Servlets
JavaServer Pages
Introduction
A Simple JSP Page
How Is a JSP Page Processed?
Creating and Running JSP from JBuilder
JSP Scripting Constructs
Predefined Variables
JSP Directives
Using JavaBeans in JSP
Getting and Setting Properties
Associating Properties with Input Parameters
Forwarding Requests from JavaServer Pages
Supplements (in the CD-ROM)
Overview of Computer Systems
Introduction
What is a Computer?
Computer Programming
Operating Systems
Number Systems and Bit Manipulations
Introduction
Conversions Between Binary Numbers and Decimal Numbers
Conversions Between Hexadecimal Numbers and Decimal Numbers
Conversions Between Binary Numbers and Hexadecimal Numbers
Bit Manipulations
Java Coding Style Guidelines
Introduction
Appropriate Comments and Comment Styles
Naming Conventions
Proper Indentation and Spacing
Block Styles
Multiple Alternative if-else Style
For-loop Style
While-loop Style
Do-while Style
Try-catch Style
Summary and Example
Compiling and Running Java from the Command Window
Introduction
Introduction
Opening a Command Window
Configuring JDK 1.4
Simple DOS Commands
Creating and Editing Programs Using Notepad
Compiling and Running Java Programs
Frequently Asked Questions
Packages
Introduction
Package-Naming Conventions
The classpath Environment Variable
Putting Classes into Packages
Using Classes/Interfaces from Packages
HTML Tutorial
Getting Started
Structure Tags
Text Appearance Tags
Physical Tags
Paragraph-Style Tags
Font, Size, and Color Tags
List Tags
Table Tags
Hyperlink Tags
Embedding Graphics
More on HTML
CardLayout, GridBagLayout, and Null Layout
Introduction
CardLayout Manager
The GridBagLayout Manager
Using No Layout Manager
Packaging and Deploying Java Projects
Introduction
Java Archive (JAR)
Using the Archive Builder to Package Projects
The Manifest File
Running Archived Projects
Creating Shortcuts for Java Applications on Windows
Event Adapters
Introduction
Extended Event Model
Standard Adapters
Anonymous Adapters
Network Programming Using Datagrams
Introduction
The DatagramPacket and DatagramSocket Classes
Datagram Programming
Using the JBuilder Application Wizard
Introduction
Starting the Application Wizard
The Application Class
The Frame Class
Modifying the Code in the Frame Class
Rapid Java Application Development Using JBuilder
Introduction
JavaBeans
JBuilder Visual Designer
Using JBuilder Visual Designer
Installing and Using Custom Components