Java 2 by Example

by Friesen, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9780789725936
• ISBN10: 0789725932
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-14
• Publisher: Que Publishing

Summary

Java 2 by Example, Second Editiongives novice programmers in-depth coverage of both object-oriented programming and Java fundamentals. It starts with an overview of Java, including a survey of development tools beginners should use. The book explains the basics of the Java language, including operators, expressions, statements and more; and Object-Oriented Programming with classes and objects, inheritance, and dynamic methods. The author includes a chapter applying the concepts of OOP to object-oriented analysis and design methods. Later chapters demonstrate organizing data in collections and utilizing Java's built-in mathematical functions. Along the way, readers learn from hundreds of examples explaining every concept. Plus, each chapter ends with a series of review questions to ensure that readers are caught up - with answers provided in an appendix.

Author Biography

Jeff Friesen is heavily addicted to Java technology, to the point of choosing "Java Jeff" as his nickname. In addition to authoring this book, Jeff also co-authored Special Edition Using Java 2 Standard Edition. Furthermore, he has authored numerous Java-based articles for JavaWorld (ranging from internationalization to Java Plug-in to the future of Java) and InformIT.com (ranging from building your own media player to exploring Swing's table component) and is currently authoring JavaWorld's Java 101 column¿a column that presents a client-side Java course for beginners. In the past, Jeff taught his own university-level introductory Java course, and he served as the moderator of ITworld.com's Java Beginner forum, where he answered more than 1,000 client-side Java questions. Jeff holds a degree in computer science and develops software in C and C++. To find out what Jeff is up to, visit his Web site (http://www.javajeff.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Part I Exploring the Language	5	(448)
Introducing Java	6	(46)
From Unicode to Types	52	(18)
From Literals to Expressions	70	(38)
Statements	108	(30)
Classes and Objects	138	(54)
Inheritance	192	(52)
Polymorphism	244	(36)
Initializers and Nested Classes	280	(52)
Exceptions and Exception Handlers	332	(38)
Threads	370	(56)
Packages	426	(27)
Part II Exploring APIs	453	(238)
From Characters to String Tokenizers	454	(40)
From Fundamental Data Structures to Collections	494	(84)
Mathematics	578	(32)
Files and Streams	610	(81)
Part III Appendixes	691	(107)
A Answers	692	(90)
B Reserved Words	782	(6)
C Operator Precedence	788	(4)
D Additional Resources	792	(6)
Glossary	798	(14)
Index	812