book

The class of Java

by Pravin Jain

August 2010

Intermediate to advanced

492 pages

13h 39m

English

Pearson India

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1.1 Why is Java so Popular?1.1.1 Platform Independent1.1.2 Applets and Servlets for the Web1.1.3 Object-oriented Programming1.1.4 Easy1.2 Java Community1.3 Rich APILessons LearnedExercises
2.1 Installing JDK2.2 The HelloWorld Sample Application2.3 Compiling Java Files2.4 Executing a Java Application2.4.1 Using Command Line Arguments2.5 Various Tools, Part of JDK2.5.1 javadoc Utility and Documentation CommentsLessons LearnedExercises
3.1 Primitive Data Types3.1.1 boolean Data Type3.1.2 Numeric Data Types3.1.3 Specifying Constants3.2 Unicode Escapes in Java Source Code3.3 Reference Data Types3.3.1 Arrays3.3.2 Array of Reference Type3.3.3 Two-dimensional and Multi-dimensional Arrays3.3.4 Classes3.3.5 Interfaces3.3.6 Enum3.3.7 Annotation3.4 Super-types and sub-typesLessons LearnedExercises
4.1 Operators4.1.1 Arithmetic Operators4.1.2 String Concatenation4.1.3 Relational Operators4.1.4 Logical Operators4.1.5 Bitwise Operators4.1.6 Increment–Decrement Operators4.1.7 Conditional Operator4.1.8 Assignment Cast and instanceof Operators4.1.9 Other Operators4.2 Statements4.2.1 Condition Statements—if, if-else and switch-case4.2.2 Loop Statements—for, while and do-while4.2.3 break, continue and returnLessons LearnedExercises

5.1 Various Members Within a Class5.1.1 Instance Variables5.1.2 Methods5.1.3 Constructors5.1.4 The finalize Method5.1.5 static Variables and static Methods5.1.6 Initializer Block5.1.7 Class Initializer Block5.2 Looking at the Entire ClassLessons LearnedExercises
6.1 Defining Sub-classes6.2 Using super to Use the Constructor of a Super-class6.3 Method Overriding and the Use of super6.4 Variable Shadowing and the Use of super6.5 Method and Variable Binding6.6 Using final with Variables, Methods and ClassesLessons LearnedExercises
7.1 Abstract Classes and Abstract Methods7.2 Single Inheritance of Classes7.3 InterfacesLessons LearnedExercises
8.1 The Object Class as the Super-class of all Classes8.1.1 Methods Inherited from the Object Class8.2 Some Methods of the Class ClassLessons LearnedExercises
9.1 Uses of Package and Import Statements9.2 Use of Static Imports9.3 Use of Classpath for Class Loading9.4 Access specifiers9.4.1 Access Specifiers for Members of a Package9.4.2 Access Specifiers for Members of a Class9.4.3 Access Specifiers for Overriding Methods9.5 Revisiting javadoc9.5.1 Generating javadoc According to the Target User9.5.2 Using the Java APIs9.5.3 Commonly Used Packages from the Java APIsLessons LearnedExercises
10.1 Comparable and Comparator Interfaces10.1.1 Comparable10.1.2 Comparator10.2 String Class10.2.1 String Constants10.2.2 Interfaces Implemented by String10.2.3 Commonly Used Constructors of String Class10.2.4 Common Methods from String Class10.2.5 Methods Involving Regular Expresssions10.2.6 Conversion of Primitives to String10.3 StringBuffer and StringBuilder Classes10.4 Supplementary Characters10.5 Pass by Value and Pass by Reference10.6 Wrapper Classes10.6.1 Number Classes and their Methods10.6.2 Boxing and Unboxing Conversions10.7 Math Class10.7.1 Numeric Values Requiring more than 64 BitsLessons LearnedExercises
11.1 Runtime Stack and Execution of Application11.2 The return and the throw Statements11.3 The Return Type and throws Declaration in Methods11.3.1 Checked and the Unchecked Exception Classes11.4 The Throwable Class11.4.1 Exception Chaining11.5 Handling Exceptions with try and catch11.6 Use of the finally Block11.7 Creating Custom Exception Classes11.8 Assertions11.8.1 Agile Methodology and AssertionsLessons LearnedExercises
12.1 Member Types12.1.1 Top-level Nested Classes12.1.2 Inner Classes12.2 The Local Class12.3 The Anonymous Class12.4 The enum TypeLessons LearnedExercises
13.1 Date, TimeZone, Calendar and the GregorianCalendar Classes13.2 Arrays Class13.3 Collection Framework13.3.1 Collection Interface13.3.2 Set and List Interfaces13.3.3 Map Interface13.3.4 Generics in the Collection Framework13.4 Collections Class13.5 StringTokenizer Class13.6 Regular Expressions, Pattern and Matcher Classes13.6.1 Pattern and Matcher Classes13.7 Scanner Class13.8 Varargs and the Formatter Class13.8.1 Formatter ClassLessons LearnedExercises
14.1 File Management14.2 Stream Classes14.2.1 OutputStream and the Writer Classes14.2.2 InputStream and the Reader Classes14.2.3 Bridge Classes OutputStreamWriter and the InputStreamReader14.2.4 Writing and Reading from Files Using FileOutputStream and the FileInputStream14.2.5 Piped Streams14.2.6 Array-based Streams14.2.7 Filter Streams14.2.8 Buffered Streams14.2.9 Pushback Streams14.2.10 PrintStream and the PrintWriter Classes14.2.11 SequenceInputStream14.2.12 Data and Object Streams14.3 RandomAccessFileLessons LearnedExercises
15.1 Networking Concepts15.1.1 Various Layers/Protocol in Communication15.2 Java API for Networking15.2.1 InetAddress Class15.2.2 Using Socket and ServerSocket for Client–Server Communication15.2.3 URL15.2.4 URLConnection15.2.5 DatagramSocket and DatagramPacket for UDP-based CommunicationLessons LearnedExercises
16.1 Thread Class and Thread of Execution16.2 Creating a New Thread of Execution16.3 ThreadGroup16.4 Properties of Thread Instance16.4.1 Daemon Threads16.4.2 Thread States16.5 Synchronization16.6 Another Way of Creating a Thread of ExecutionLessons LearnedExercises
17.1 AWT and Swing17.2 AWT Components17.2.1 Overview of the AWT Components17.2.2 Component Properties17.2.3 Graphics Context17.2.4 Toolkit ClassLessons LearnedExercises
18.1 Container Class18.1.1 Layout Managers18.2 Top-level Containers18.2.1 Window Class18.2.2 Decorated Windows Frame and Dialog18.3 Other Containers18.3.1 Panel Class18.3.2 ScrollPane Class18.4 Creating a GUILessons LearnedExercises
19.1 Event Delegation Model19.2 AWTEvents19.2.1 ActionEvent19.2.2 AdjustmentEvent19.2.3 ItemEvent19.2.4 TextEvent19.2.5 ComponentEvent19.2.6 ContainerEvent19.2.7 FocusEvent19.2.8 InputEvent19.2.9 PaintEvent19.2.10 WindowEvent19.2.11 KeyEvent19.2.12 MouseEvent19.2.13 Adapter ClassesLessons LearnedExercises
20.1 Top-level Containers20.1.1 JLayeredPane Class20.2 JComponent20.3 JOptionPane20.3.1 Showing Message Dialogs20.3.2 Showing Confirm Dialogs20.3.3 Showing Input Dialogs20.4 Model-View-Controller20.4.1 JTable20.4.2 JTreeLessons LearnedExercises
21.1 Browser as a Container for the Applet21.2 Life-cycle of an Applet21.3 AppletStub21.4 Applet Tag21.5 AppletContext21.6 Applet Class21.6.1 AudioClip21.7 Security IssueLessons LearnedExercises
22.1 ODBC and JDBC22.2 JDBC Drivers22.2.1 Types of JDBC Drivers22.3 Using JDBC Drivers and the API22.3.1 Overview of API Related to Connection and Interaction with Database22.3.2 Connecting to a Database22.3.3 Interacting with the Database22.3.4 Examining the Results of a Query from the ResultSet22.4 Managing Transactions22.5 SQLExceptionLessons LearnedExercises
23.1 Defining a New Annotation23.2 Annotating a Programming Element23.3 Annotation Element Names and Usage23.4 Meta-annotations23.4.1 Restricting Applicability of an Annotation23.4.2 Retention PolicyLessons LearnedExercises

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Acknowledgements

The production of any book involves valid contributions from a number of persons. I would like to thank my publishers Pearson Education for their encouragement, insight and strong support. I thank Pradeep Banerjee and Jennifer Sargunar for the editing and production of this project.

I am indebted to Prof. Dr Savita Gandhi, Head of Department, Department of Computer Science, Gujarat University, for writing the foreword for this book and also for her keen interest in this project, right from its inception.

I would like to thank, Prof. Dr S. Rama Mohan, Department of Applied Mathematics, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, who introduced me to the world of Java technologies, right back in the year 1998 since when I have been ...