Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

class, constructing objects of a subclass, adding specialization to a subclass,

overriding inherited methods, and calling methods of the superclass. We

discuss the trade-offs of declaring members as protected versus private. We

demonstrate polymorphism with a graphical example, and introduce the

student to interfaces, which are used extensively in Graphical User Inter-

faces. (See Chapter 12.)

Chapter 11: Exceptions and Input/Output Operations

Recognizing that building robust applications requires error handling, we

present exception handling as a tool for validating user input and recover-

ing from errors at run time. We demonstrate handling predefined ...