Learning Java

by Niemeyer, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780596008734
• ISBN10: 0596008732
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

The new edition of Learning Java takes a no-nonsense approach to topics such as generics, which is an essential new feature in Java 5.0. Generics allow developers to write, test, and deploy code once and then reuse the code again and again for different data types. With this book's practical examples, programmers will come up to speed quickly on this and other new features such as loops and threads. Additionally, our updated edition includes an introduction to Eclipse, the open source integrated development environment (IDE) that is growing in popularity. Learning Java, 3rd Edition comes with a CD that includes the Java SDK (software development kit) for Windows, Linux and Solaris, plus the Eclipse IDE and NetBeans IDE.

Author Biography

([e-mail]) became involved with Oak (Java's predecessor) while working at Southwestern Bell Technology Resources. He is an independent consultant and author in the areas of networking and distributed applications. Pat is the author of BeanShell, a popular Java scripting language, as well as various other free goodies on the Net. Most recently, Pat has been developing enterprise architecture for A.G. Edwards. He currently lives in the Central West End area of St. Louis with various creatures.

Jonathan Knudsen is an author at O'Reilly & Associates. His books include The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Robots, Java 2D Graphics, and Java Cryptography. He is the Courseware Writer for LearningPatterns.com.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
A Modern Language	1	(28)
Enter Java	1	(3)
A Virtual Machine	4	(3)
Java Compared with Other Languages	7	(2)
Safety of Design	9	(6)
Safety of Implementation	15	(5)
Application and User-Level Security	20	(1)
Java and the Web	21	(4)
Java as a General Application Language	25	(1)
A Java Road Map	25	(4)
A First Application	29	(38)
Java Tools and Environment	29	(1)
HelloJava	30	(12)
HelloJava 2: The Sequel	42	(7)
HelloJava 3: The Button Strikes!	49	(9)
HelloJava 4: Netscape's Revenge	58	(7)
Troubleshooting	65	(2)
Tools of the Trade	67	(16)
The Java VM	67	(1)
Running Java Applications	68	(2)
The Classpath	70	(2)
The Java Compiler	72	(2)
JAR Files	74	(4)
Policy Files	78	(5)
The Java Language	83	(42)
Text Encoding	83	(1)
Comments	84	(2)
Types	86	(6)
Statements and Expressions	92	(11)
Exceptions	103	(12)
Assertions	115	(3)
Arrays	118	(7)
Objects in Java	125	(29)
Classes	126	(6)
Methods	132	(11)
Object Creation	143	(4)
Object Destruction	147	(3)
Enumerations	150	(4)
Relationships Among Classes	154	(39)
Subclassing and Inheritance	154	(15)
Interfaces	169	(5)
Packages and Compilation Units	174	(4)
Visibility of Variables and Methods	178	(3)
Arrays and the Class Hierarchy	181	(1)
Inner Classes	182	(11)
Working with Objects and Classes	193	(21)
The Object Class	193	(5)
The Class Class	198	(2)
Reflection	200	(11)
Annotations	211	(3)
Generics	214	(35)
Containers: Building a Better Mousetrap	215	(1)
Enter Generics	216	(3)
``There Is No Spoon''	219	(4)
Parameterized Type Relationships	223	(2)
Casts	225	(1)
Writing Generic Classes	226	(4)
Bounds	230	(2)
Wildcards	232	(6)
Generic Methods	238	(5)
Arrays of Parameterized Types	243	(3)
Case Study: The Enum Class	246	(1)
Case Study: The sort( ) Method	247	(1)
Conclusion	248	(1)
Threads	249	(49)
Introducing Threads	250	(8)
Threading and Applet	258	(3)
Synchronization	261	(10)
Scheduling and Priority	271	(5)
Thread Groups	276	(2)
Thread Performance	278	(2)
Concurrency Utilities	280	(17)
Conclusion	297	(1)
Working with Text	298	(44)
Text-Related APIs	299	(1)
Strings	299	(9)
Internationalization	308	(3)
Parsing and Formatting Text	311	(4)
Printf-Style Formatting	315	(6)
Formatting with the java.text Package	321	(4)
Regular Expressions	325	(17)
Core Utilities	342	(47)
Math Utilities	342	(4)
Dates and Times	346	(7)
Timers	353	(1)
Collections	354	(20)
Properties	374	(2)
The Preferences API	376	(3)
The Logging API	379	(8)
Observers and Observables	387	(2)
Input/Output Facilities	389	(45)
Streams	389	(15)
Files	404	(11)
Serialization	415	(3)
Data Compression	418	(4)
The NIO Package	422	(12)
Network Programming	434	(49)
Sockets	436	(15)
Datagram Sockets	451	(5)
Simple Serialized Object Protocols	456	(5)
Remote Method Invocation	461	(13)
Scalable I/O with NIO	474	(9)
Programming for the Web	483	(18)
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)	483	(1)
The URL Class	484	(6)
Talking to Web Applications	490	(6)
Web Services	496	(5)
Web Applications and Web Services	501	(51)
Web Application Technologies	502	(2)
Web Applications	504	(17)
WAR Files and Deployment	521	(11)
Servlet Filters	532	(8)
Building War Files with Ant	540	(3)
Implementing Web Services	543	(9)
Swing	552	(34)
Components	555	(7)
Containers	562	(7)
Events	569	(8)
Event Summary	577	(6)
The AWT Robot!	583	(1)
Multithreading in Swing	584	(2)
Using Swing Components	586	(36)
Buttons and Labels	586	(4)
Checkboxes and Radio Buttons	590	(2)
Lists and Combo Boxes	592	(3)
The Spinner	595	(3)
Borders	598	(2)
Menus	600	(4)
Pop-up Menus	604	(4)
The JScrollPane Class	608	(2)
The JSplitPane Class	610	(1)
The JTabbedPane Class	611	(2)
Scrollbars and Sliders	613	(2)
Dialogs	615	(7)
More Swing Components	622	(40)
Text Components	622	(15)
Focus Navigation	637	(1)
Trees	638	(5)
Tables	643	(9)
Desktops	652	(1)
Pluggable Look-and-Feel	653	(3)
Creating Custom Components	656	(6)
Layout Managers	662	(27)
FlowLayout	664	(1)
GridLayout	665	(1)
BorderLayout	666	(3)
BoxLayout	669	(1)
CardLayout	670	(2)
GridBagLayout	672	(15)
Nonstandard Layout Managers	687	(1)
Absolute Positioning	687	(1)
SpringLayout	688	(1)
Drawing with the 2D API	689	(34)
The Big Picture	689	(2)
The Rendering Pipeline	691	(2)
A Quick Tour of Java 2D	693	(7)
Filling Shapes	700	(2)
Stroking Shape Outlines	702	(1)
Using Fonts	702	(5)
Displaying Images	707	(5)
Drawing Techniques	712	(8)
Printing	720	(3)
Working with Images and Other Media	723	(28)
Loading Images	724	(6)
Producing Image Data	730	(11)
Filtering Image Data	741	(5)
Saving Image Data	746	(1)
Simple Audio	746	(1)
Java Media Framework	747	(4)
JavaBeans	751	(36)
What's a Bean?	751	(3)
The NetBeans IDE	754	(3)
Properties and Customizers	757	(2)
Event Hookups and Adapters	759	(4)
Binding Properties	763	(3)
Building Beans	766	(8)
Limitations of Visual Design	774	(1)
Serialization Versus Code Generation	774	(1)
Customizing with BeanInfo	775	(3)
Hand-Coding with Beans	778	(6)
BeanContext and BeanContexServices	784	(1)
The Java Activation Framework	784	(1)
Enterprise JavaBeans	785	(2)
Applets	787	(29)
The Politics of Applets	787	(1)
The JApplet Class	788	(15)
Using the Java Plug-in	803	(3)
Java Web Start	806	(1)
Using Digital Signatures	806	(9)
Conclusion	815	(1)
XML	816	(49)
A Bit of Background	816	(3)
XML Basics	819	(4)
SAX	823	(8)
DOM	831	(5)
XPath	836	(5)
XInclude	841	(2)
Validating Documents	843	(8)
JAXB and Code Generation	851	(5)
Transforming Documents with XSL/XSLT	856	(6)
Web Services	862	(1)
The End of the Book	863	(2)
The Eclipse IDE	865	(11)
BeanShell: Simple Java Scripting	876	(7)
Glossary	883	(14)
Index	897