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This best-selling text by Lewis and Loftus provides an introduction to both the Java programming language and the techniques for writing high-quality programs. This book provides an object-oriented approach that naturally progresses in a way that beginning programmers easily understand by first using objects, then writing clases. The book is also known for providing an introduction to programming practices that leads to well-designed software solutions. The use of graphical user interfaces and event processing is covered in optional, self-contained Graphics Track sections at the end of each chapter.This book also comes with Addison-Wesley's CodeMate. This online program competency builder transforms a student's reading experience into a dynamic programming environment with a click of a mouse. CodeMate allows students to view, compile, run, and edit programming problems directly from the textbook without installing a compiler.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• 1 Computer Systems
• Introduction
• Basic Computer Processing
• Software Categories
• Digital Computers
• Binary Numbers
• Hardware Components
• Computer Architecture
• Input/Output Devices
• Main And Secondary Memory
• The Central Processing Unit
• Networks
• Network Connections
• Local-Area And Wide-Area Networks
• The Internet
• The World Wide Web
• Uniform Resource Locators
• The Internet Vs. The World Wide Web
• Programming
• Problem Solving
• The Java Programming Language
• A Java Program
• Comments
• Identifiers And Reserved Words
• White Space
• Programming Languages
• Programming Language Levels
• Compilers And Interpreters
• Syntax And Semantics
• Errors
• Language Evolution
• Graphics
• Coordinate Systems
• Representing Color
• 2 Objects And Primitive Data
• Introduction To Objects
• Using Objects
• The Print And Println Methods
• Abstraction
• String Literals
• String Concatenation
• Escape Sequences
• Variables And Assignment
• Variables
• The Assignment Statement
• Constants
• Primitive Data Types And Expressions
• Integers And Floating Points
• Characters
• Booleans
• Arithmetic Expressions
• Operator Precedence
• Data Conversion
• Creating Objects
• The String Class
• Class Libraries And Packages
• The Import Declaration
• The Random Class
• Invoking Class Methods
• The Math Class
• The Keyboard Class
• Formatting Output
• The Numberformat Class
• The Decimalformat Class
• Introduction To Applets
• Executing Applets Using The Web
• Drawing Shapes
• The Graphics Class
• The Color Class
• 3 Program Statements
• Program Development
• Control Flow
• The If Statement
• Equality And Relational Operators
• The If-Else Statement
• Using Block Statements
• Nested If Statements
• The Switch Statement
• Boolean Expressions Revisited
• Logical Operators
• Comparing Characters And Strings
• Comparing Floats
• More Operators
• Increment And Decrement Operators
• Assignment Operators
• The Conditional Operator
• The While Statement
• Infinite Loops
• Nested Loops
• The Stringtokenizer Class
• Other Loop Controls
• The Do Statement
• The For Statement
• Comparing Loops
• Program Development Revisited
• Drawing Using Conditionals And Loops
• 4 Writing Classes
• Objects Revisited
• Classes
• Anatomy Of A Class
• Instance Data
• Uml Diagrams
• Encapsulation And Visibility Modifiers
• Anatomy Of A Method
• The Return Statement
• Parameters
• Constructors
• Local Data
• Method Overloading
• Method Decomposition
• Object Relationships
• Association
• Association Between Objects Of The Same Class
• Aggregation244
• Applet Methods
• Graphical Objects
• 5 Enhancing Classes
• References Revisited
• The Null Reference
• The This Reference
• Aliases
• Garbage Collection
• Passing Objects As Parameters
• The Static Modifier
• Static Variables
• Static Methods
• Wrapper Classes
• Keyboard Input Revisited
• Nested Classes
• Inner Classes
• Interfaces
• The Comparable Interface
• The Iterator Interface
• Dialog Boxes
• Graphical User Interfaces
• Essential Gui Elements
• Creating Guis
• Gui Applications
• Vents And Listeners
• Events
• Listener Interfaces
• Animations
• The Timer Class
• Chapter
• Arrays And Vectors
• Arrays
• Array Indexing
• Declaring And Using Arrays
• Alternate Array Syntax
• Initializer Lists
• Arrays As Parameters
• Arrays Of Objects
• Arrays Of String Objects
• Command-Line Arguments
• Filing Arrays Of Objects
• Sorting
• Selection Sort
• Insertion Sort
• Sorting An Array Of Objects
• Comparing Sorts
• Two-Dimensional Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• The Arraylist Class
• Arraylist Efficiency
• Polygons And Polylines
• The Polygon Class
• Other Button Components
• Check Boxes
• Radio Buttons
• 7 Inheritance
• Creating Subclasses
• Derived Classes
• The Protected Modifier
• The Super Reference
• Multiple Inheritance
• Overriding Methods
• Shadowing Variables
• Class Hierarchies
• The Object Class
• Abstract Classes
• Indirect Use Of Noninherited Members
• Polymorphism
• References And Class Hierarchies
• Polymorphism Via Inheritance
• Interfaces Revisited
• Interface Hierarchies
• Polymorphism Via Inheritance
• Inheritance And Guis
• Applets Revisited
• The Component Class Hierarchy
• Mouse Events
• Extending Event Adapter Classes
• 8 Exceptions And Input/Output Streams
• Exceptions
• Exception Messages
• The Try Statement
• The Finally Clause
• Exception Propagation
• The Exception Class Hierarchy
• Checked And Unchecked Exceptions
• Input/Output Streams
• Character Streams Versus Byte Streams
• Data Streams Versus Processing Streams
• The Ioexception Class
• Standard I/O
• The Keyboard Class Revisited
• Text Files
• Reading Text Files
• Writing Text Files
• Object Serialization
• The Transient Modifier
• Files And Guis
• File Choosers
• Color Choosers
• Image Icons
• Key Events
• Animations
• The Timer Class
• 9 Graphical User Interfaces
• Preliminaries
• Gui Review
• Gui Design
• Layout Managers
• Flow Layout
• Border Layout
• Grid Layout
• Box Layout
• Containers
• Graphics In Applications
• Components
• Labels And Image Icons
• Buttons
• Combo Boxes
• Layout Managers
• Flow Layout
• Border Layout
• Box Layout
• Special Features
• Gui Design
• 10 Software Engineering
• Software Development Models
• Software Life Cycle
• Development Process Models
• Iterative Processes
• Prototypes
• Throw-Away Prototypes
• Testing
• Walkthroughs
• Defect Testing
• Evolutionary Development
• Establish Refinement Scope
• Identifying Classes And Objects
• Identifying Relationships
• Detailed Design
• Implementation
• Unit And Integration Testing
• The Paintbox Project
• 11 Recursion
• Recursive Thinking
• Infinite Recursion
• Recursion In Math
• Recursive Programming
• Recursion Vs. Iteration
• Direct Vs. Indirect Recursion
• Using Recursion
• Traversing A Maze
• The Towers Of Hanoi
• Recursion In Graphics
• Mirrored Pictures
• Fractals
• 12 Data Structures
• Collections
• Separating Interface From Implementation
• Implementing Data Structures
• Dynamic Structures
• A Dynamically Linked List
• Other Dynamic List Implementations
• Classic Data Structures
• Queues
• Stacks
• Example: Message Decoding
• Collection Classes
• Appendix A Glossary
• Appendix B Number Systems
• Appendix C The Unicode Character Set
• Appendix D Java Operators
• Appendix E Java Bitwise Operators
• Appendix F Java Modifiers
• Appendix G Java Coding Guidelines
• Appendix H Review Checklist
• Appendix I Comparing Java To C++
• Appendix J An Html Tutorial
• Appendix K Java Exceptions And Errors
• Appendix L Java Syntax
• Appendix M The Java Class Library
• Index