Bishop Java Gently

by J. M. Bishop; Judy Bishop

• ISBN13: 9780201342970
• ISBN10: 0201342979
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

Java provides the engineer and scientist with an efficient and easy-to-use tool for problem solving in today's Web based environment. Written for beginners, this new edition teachers the entire language by example.

Table of Contents

List of examples and case studies	xiii
Preface to the second edition	xvii
Chapter Summary	xxv
Review Board	xxviii
PART I Fundamentals	1	(224)
Introduction	3	(16)
Welcome to Java	3	(4)
Software development	7	(4)
The approach of this book	11	(3)
Getting started with Java	14	(2)
The Java Gently web site	16	(3)
Summary	17	(1)
Quiz: to get you started	18	(1)
Simple programs	19	(34)
Two starter programs	19	(4)
Fundamentals of object-oriented programming	23	(9)
Beginning with output	32	(3)
All about assignment	35	(11)
Using packages, classes and objects	46	(7)
Summary	51	(1)
Quiz	51	(1)
Problems	52	(1)
Structuring	53	(42)
Properties of a good Program	53	(2)
Talking about types	55	(7)
Repetition with for-loops	62	(7)
Making methods	69	(2)
Passing parameters	71	(9)
Guidelines for designing classes	80	(6)
Price tickets	86	(9)
Summary	90	(1)
Quiz	91	(1)
Problems	92	(3)
Changing the state	95	(34)
Inputting interactively	95	(7)
File input and output	102	(4)
Selection with if-else	106	(9)
Introduction to exceptions	115	(8)
Creating and accessing packages	123	(6)
Summary	126	(1)
Quiz	127	(1)
Problems	128	(1)
Controlling the flow	129	(28)
Conditional loops with while and do	129	(4)
The switch-statement	133	(6)
Conditional loops and input data	139	(8)
Rock-scissors-paper game	147	(10)
Summary	152	(1)
Quiz	153	(1)
Problems	154	(3)
Arrays and tables	157	(36)
Simple arrays	157	(11)
Tables	168	(9)
Sorting and searching	177	(5)
Dictionaries	182	(11)
Summary	190	(1)
Quiz	190	(1)
Problems	191	(2)
Formatting	193	(32)
Strings and string handling	193	(6)
Tokenizers and the Text class	199	(6)
Formatting numbers with the java.text package	205	(5)
Dates, calendars and time	210	(15)
Summary	221	(1)
Quiz	222	(1)
Problems	222	(3)
PART II Power	225	(254)
Objects at work	227	(40)
Object protection	227	(6)
Designing an object-oriented program	233	(9)
Properties of objects	242	(5)
Lists of objects	247	(6)
Inner classes	253	(2)
Nelson's Coffee Shop	255	(12)
Summary	264	(1)
Quiz	264	(1)
Problems	265	(2)
Abstraction and inheritance	267	(26)
Class power	267	(2)
Abstraction through interfaces	269	(8)
Inheritance	277	(5)
Abstract methods and classes	282	(1)
Veterinary tags	283	(10)
Summary	289	(1)
Quiz	290	(1)
Problems	291	(2)
Graphical user interfaces	293	(26)
Introduction to the awt	293	(1)
Putting graphics in a window	294	(9)
Laying out buttons and other components	303	(9)
Panels and canvases for grouping	312	(7)
Summary	317	(1)
Quiz	317	(1)
Problems	317	(2)
Events-driven programming	319	(20)
Interaction with text fields	319	(4)
Events, listeners and handlers	323	(2)
Managing sequences of events	325	(4)
Supermarket till	329	(10)
Summary	336	(1)
Quiz	336	(1)
Problems	337	(2)
Applets in action	339	(36)
From applications to applets	339	(5)
Applets in browsers	344	(13)
Sound and images	357	(6)
The Nature Conservation Project	363	(12)
Summary	373	(1)
Quiz	373	(1)
Problems	374	(1)
Multi-threading	375	(30)
Introduction to multi-threading	375	(2)
Setting up threads	377	(14)
Synchronization among threads	391	(6)
Walkman hire	397	(8)
Summary	403	(1)
Quiz	403	(1)
Problems	403	(2)
Networking	405	(34)
Connecting via URLs	405	(5)
Ports and sockets	410	(7)
The Chatter system	417	(19)
Database connectivity	422	(3)
Accessing remote objects	425	(3)
The Airport Announcer system	428	(8)
Summary	436	(1)
Quiz	436	(1)
Problems	437	(2)
Algorithms and data structures	439	(40)
About data structures	439	(2)
Linear and binary searching	441	(6)
Quicksort and performance	447	(4)
Stacks and queues	451	(9)
Linked lists again	460	(10)
Bit sets	470	(9)
Summary	476	(1)
Quiz	476	(1)
Problems	477	(2)
Answers to Quizzes	479	(18)
List of Syntax forms for Java	497	(1)
Index	498