Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days

by Cadenhead, Rogers; Lemay, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780672326288
• ISBN10: 0672326280
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

In just 21 days, you can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop three kinds of programs with Java: applications on your computer, servlets on a Web server, and applets on the Web.

Author Biography

Rogers Cadenhead is a Web application developer who has written 17 books on Internet-related topics Laura Lemay is one of the world's most popular authors on Web development topics

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Week 1 The Java Language	7	(208)
Getting Started with Java	9	(26)
The Java Language	10	(3)
History of the Language	10	(1)
Introduction to Java	11	(1)
Selecting a Development Tool	12	(1)
Object-Oriented Programming	13	(2)
Objects and Classes	15	(2)
Object Reuse	16	(1)
Attributes and Behavior	17	(7)
Attributes of a Class of Objects	18	(1)
Behavior of a Class of Objects	19	(1)
Creating a Class	19	(2)
Running the Program	21	(3)
Organizing Classes and Class Behavior	24	(7)
Inheritance	24	(2)
Creating a Class Hierarchy	26	(2)
Inheritance in Action	28	(1)
Single and Multiple Inheritance	29	(1)
Interfaces	30	(1)
Packages	31	(1)
Summary	31	(2)
Q&A	33	(1)
Quiz	33	(1)
Questions	33	(1)
Answers	34	(1)
Certification Practice	34	(1)
Exercises	34	(1)
The ABCs of Programming	35	(28)
Statements and Expressions	36	(1)
Variables and Data Types	37	(7)
Creating Variables	38	(1)
Naming Variables	39	(1)
Variable Types	40	(2)
Assigning Values to Variables	42	(1)
Constants	42	(2)
Comments	44	(1)
Literals	45	(3)
Number Literals	45	(1)
Boolean Literals	46	(1)
Character Literals	47	(1)
String Literals	47	(1)
Expressions and Operators	48	(9)
Arithmetic	49	(2)
More About Assignment	51	(1)
Incrementing and Decrementing	52	(1)
Comparisons	53	(1)
Logical Operators	54	(1)
Operator Precedence	55	(2)
String Arithmetic	57	(1)
Summary	58	(1)
Q&A	59	(1)
Quiz	60	(1)
Questions	60	(1)
Answers	60	(1)
Certification Practice	61	(1)
Exercises	61	(2)
Working with Objects	63	(24)
Creating New Objects	63	(4)
Using new	64	(2)
What new Does	66	(1)
A Note on Memory Management	66	(1)
Accessing and Setting Class and Instance Variables	67	(3)
Getting Values	67	(1)
Changing Values	68	(1)
Class Variables	69	(1)
Calling Methods	70	(3)
Nesting Method Calls	71	(1)
Class Methods	72	(1)
References to Objects	73	(2)
Casting and Converting Objects and Primitive Types	75	(5)
Casting Primitive Types	76	(1)
Casting Objects	77	(1)
Converting Primitive Types to Objects and Vice Versa	78	(2)
Comparing Object Values and Classes	80	(3)
Comparing Objects	81	(1)
Determining the Class of an Object	82	(1)
Summary	83	(1)
Q&A	83	(1)
Quiz	84	(2)
Questions	84	(1)
Answers	85	(1)
Certification Practice	85	(1)
Exercises	86	(1)
Lists, Logic, and Loops	87	(26)
Arrays	87	(7)
Declaring Array Variables	88	(1)
Creating Array Objects	89	(1)
Accessing Array Elements	90	(1)
Changing Array Elements	91	(2)
Multidimensional Arrays	93	(1)
Block Statements	94	(1)
if Conditionals	95	(2)
switch Conditionals	97	(5)
for Loops	102	(3)
while and do Loops	105	(2)
while Loops	105	(2)
do-while Loops	107	(1)
Breaking Out of Loops	107	(3)
Labeled Loops	108	(1)
The Conditional Operator	109	(1)
Summary	110	(1)
Q&A	110	(1)
Quiz	111	(1)
Questions	111	(1)
Answers	111	(1)
Certification Practice	111	(1)
Exercises	112	(1)
Creating Classes and Methods	113	(30)
Defining Classes	114	(1)
Creating Instance and Class Variables	114	(2)
Defining Instance Variables	114	(1)
Class Variables	115	(1)
Creating Methods	116	(6)
Defining Methods	116	(2)
The this Keyword	118	(1)
Variable Scope and Method Definitions	119	(1)
Passing Arguments to Methods	120	(1)
Class Methods	121	(1)
Creating Java Applications	122	(2)
Helper Classes	123	(1)
Java Applications and Command-Line Arguments	124	(2)
Passing Arguments to Java Applications	124	(1)
Handling Arguments in Your Java Application	125	(1)
Creating Methods with the Same Name, Different Arguments	126	(4)
Constructor Methods	130	(4)
Basic Constructor Methods	131	(1)
Calling Another Constructor Method	131	(1)
Overloading Constructor Methods	132	(2)
Overriding Methods	134	(4)
Creating Methods That Override Existing Methods	134	(1)
Calling the Original Method	135	(1)
Overriding Constructors	136	(2)
Finalizer Methods	138	(1)
Summary	139	(1)
Q&A	139	(1)
Quiz	140	(2)
Questions	140	(1)
Answers	141	(1)
Certification Practice	141	(1)
Exercises	142	(1)
Packages, Interfaces, and Other Class Features	143	(38)
Modifiers	144	(6)
Access Control for Methods and Variables	145	(5)
Static Variables and Methods	150	(2)
Final Classes, Methods, and Variables	152	(2)
Variables	153	(1)
Methods	153	(1)
Classes	154	(1)
Abstract Classes and Methods	154	(1)
Packages	155	(1)
Using Packages	156	(4)
Full Package and Class Names	156	(1)
The import Declaration	157	(2)
Class Name Conflicts	159	(1)
A Note About Classpath and Where Classes Are Located	159	(1)
Creating Your Own Packages	160	(2)
Picking a Package Name	160	(1)
Creating the Folder Structure	161	(1)
Adding a Class to a Package	161	(1)
Packages and Class Access Control	161	(1)
Interfaces	162	(3)
The Problem of Single Inheritance	162	(1)
Interfaces and Classes	163	(1)
Implementing and Using Interfaces	163	(1)
Implementing Multiple Interfaces	164	(1)
Other Uses of Interfaces	164	(1)
Creating and Extending Interfaces	165	(8)
New Interfaces	165	(1)
Methods Inside Interfaces	166	(1)
Extending Interfaces	166	(1)
Creating an Online Storefront	167	(6)
Inner Classes	173	(3)
Summary	176	(1)
Q&A	176	(1)
Quiz	177	(2)
Questions	177	(1)
Answers	177	(1)
Certification Practice	178	(1)
Exercises	179	(2)
Threads, Exceptions, and Assertions	181	(34)
Exceptions	182	(3)
Exception Classes	184	(1)
Managing Exceptions	185	(5)
Exception Consistency Checking	185	(1)
Protecting Code and Catching Exceptions	186	(2)
The finally Clause	188	(2)
Declaring Methods That Might Throw Exceptions	190	(4)
The throws Clause	191	(1)
Which Exceptions Should You Throw?	192	(1)
Passing On Exceptions	192	(2)
throws and Inheritance	194	(1)
Creating and Throwing Your Own Exceptions	194	(3)
Throwing Exceptions	195	(1)
Creating Your Own Exceptions	195	(1)
Combining throws, try, and throw	196	(1)
When and When Not to Use Exceptions	197	(2)
When to Use Exceptions	197	(1)
When Not to Use Exceptions	197	(1)
Bad Style Using Exceptions	198	(1)
Assertions	199	(3)
Threads	202	(7)
Writing a Threaded Program	202	(2)
A Threaded Application	204	(4)
Stopping a Thread	208	(1)
Summary	209	(1)
Q&A	210	(1)
Quiz	211	(1)
Questions	211	(1)
Answers	211	(1)
Certification Practice	212	(1)
Exercises	212	(3)
Week 2 The Java Class Library	215	(196)
Data Structures	217	(28)
Data Structures	217	(1)
Java Data Structures	218	(20)
Iterator	219	(2)
Bit Sets	221	(3)
Vectors	224	(3)
Looping Through Data Structures	227	(3)
Stacks	230	(1)
Map	231	(2)
Hashtables	233	(5)
Generics	238	(3)
Summary	241	(1)
Q&A	241	(1)
Quiz	242	(2)
Questions	242	(1)
Answers	242	(1)
Certification Practice	243	(1)
Exercises	244	(1)
Working with Swing	245	(26)
Creating an Application	246	(7)
Creating an Interface	247	(2)
Developing a Framework	249	(2)
Creating a Component	251	(1)
Adding Components to a Container	252	(1)
Working with Components	253	(12)
Image Icons	254	(2)
Labels	256	(1)
Text Fields	257	(1)
Text Areas	258	(1)
Scrolling Panes	259	(2)
Check Boxes and Radio Buttons	261	(2)
Combo Boxes	263	(2)
Lists	265	(1)
Summary	266	(1)
Q&A	267	(1)
Quiz	268	(2)
Questions	268	(1)
Answers	269	(1)
Certification Practice	269	(1)
Exercises	270	(1)
Building a Swing Interface	271	(28)
Swing Features	272	(23)
Setting the Look and Feel	272	(3)
Standard Dialog Boxes	275	(4)
Using Dialog Boxes	279	(3)
Sliders	282	(2)
Scroll Panes	284	(1)
Toolbars	285	(3)
Progress Bars	288	(2)
Menus	290	(4)
Tabbed Panes	294	(1)
Summary	295	(1)
Q&A	295	(1)
Quiz	296	(2)
Questions	296	(1)
Answers	297	(1)
Certification Practice	297	(1)
Exercises	298	(1)
Arranging Components on a User Interface	299	(30)
Basic Interface Layout	300	(8)
Laying Out an Interface	300	(1)
Flow Layout	301	(2)
Box Layout	303	(2)
Grid Layout	305	(2)
Border Layout	307	(1)
Mixing Layout Managers	308	(1)
Card Layout	309	(7)
Using Card Layout in an Application	311	(5)
Grid Bag Layout	316	(9)
Designing the Grid	319	(1)
Creating the Grid	320	(4)
Cell Padding and Insets	324	(1)
Summary	325	(1)
Q&A	325	(1)
Quiz	326	(2)
Questions	326	(1)
Answers	327	(1)
Certification Practice	327	(1)
Exercises	328	(1)
Responding to User Input	329	(22)
Event Listeners	329	(5)
Setting Up Components	330	(1)
Event-Handling Methods	331	(3)
Working with Methods	334	(13)
Action Events	334	(1)
Focus Events	335	(3)
Item Events	338	(1)
Key Events	339	(1)
Mouse Events	340	(1)
Mouse Motion Events	341	(4)
Window Events	345	(1)
Using Adapter Classes	346	(1)
Summary	347	(1)
Q&A	347	(1)
Quiz	348	(2)
Questions	348	(1)
Answers	349	(1)
Certification Practice	349	(1)
Exercises	350	(1)
Using Color, Fonts, and Graphics	351	(24)
The Graphics2D Class	351	(3)
The Graphics Coordinate System	353	(1)
Drawing Text	354	(5)
Improving Fonts and Graphics with Antialiasing	356	(1)
Finding Information About a Font	356	(3)
Color	359	(2)
Using Color Objects	359	(1)
Testing and Setting the Current Colors	360	(1)
Drawing Lines and Polygons	361	(10)
User and Device Coordinate Spaces	362	(1)
Specifying the Rendering Attributes	362	(3)
Creating Objects to Draw	365	(3)
Drawing Objects	368	(3)
Summary	371	(1)
Q&A	372	(1)
Quiz	372	(2)
Questions	372	(1)
Answers	373	(1)
Certification Practice	373	(1)
Exercises	374	(1)
Writing Java Applets and Java Web Start Applications	375	(36)
How Applets and Applications Are Different	376	(1)
Applet Security Restrictions	376	(2)
Choosing a Java Version	377	(1)
Creating Applets	378	(5)
Applet Methods	378	(3)
Writing an Applet	381	(2)
Including an Applet on a Web Page	383	(4)
The APPLET Tag	383	(2)
Loading an Applet	385	(2)
Putting Applets on the Web	387	(1)
Java Archives	387	(1)
Passing Parameters to Applets	388	(3)
Sun's HTML Converter	391	(1)
Java Web Start	392	(4)
Using Java Web Start	396	(10)
Creating a JNLP File	396	(5)
Supporting Web Start on a Server	401	(1)
Additional JNLP Elements	402	(2)
Running Applets	404	(2)
Summary	406	(1)
Q&A	406	(1)
Quiz	407	(2)
Questions	407	(1)
Answers	408	(1)
Certification Practice	408	(1)
Exercises	409	(2)
Week 3 Java Programming	411	(218)
Working with Input and Output	413	(28)
Introduction to Streams	414	(2)
Using a Stream	414	(1)
Filtering a Stream	415	(1)
Handling Exceptions	416	(1)
Byte Streams	416	(5)
File Streams	416	(5)
Filtering a Stream	421	(9)
Byte Filters	421	(9)
Character Streams	430	(4)
Reading Text Files	430	(3)
Writing Text Files	433	(1)
Files and Filename Filters	434	(3)
Summary	437	(1)
Q&A	437	(1)
Quiz	438	(2)
Questions	438	(1)
Answers	439	(1)
Certification Practice	439	(1)
Exercises	440	(1)
Serializing and Examining Objects	441	(28)
Object Serialization	442	(9)
Object Output Streams	443	(3)
Object Input Streams	446	(3)
Transient Variables	449	(1)
Checking an Object's Serialized Fields	450	(1)
Inspecting Classes and Methods with Reflection	451	(6)
Inspecting and Creating Classes	451	(2)
Working with Each Part of a Class	453	(1)
Inspecting a Class	454	(3)
Remote Method Invocation	457	(9)
RMI Architecture	457	(2)
Creating RMI Applications	459	(7)
Summary	466	(1)
Q&A	466	(1)
Quiz	467	(1)
Questions	467	(1)
Answers	467	(1)
Certification Practice	468	(1)
Exercises	468	(1)
Communicating Across the Internet	469	(32)
Networking in Java	470	(12)
Opening a Stream over the Net	470	(5)
Sockets	475	(4)
Socket Servers	479	(2)
Testing the Server	481	(1)
The java.nio Package	482	(14)
Buffers	483	(4)
Channels	487	(9)
Summary	496	(1)
Q&A	496	(1)
Quiz	497	(2)
Questions	497	(1)
Answers	498	(1)
Certification Practice	498	(1)
Exercises	499	(2)
JavaSound	501	(20)
JavaSound	501	(16)
MIDI Files	502	(1)
Playing a MIDI File	503	(5)
Sampled Audio Files	508	(3)
Manipulating Sound Files	511	(6)
Summary	517	(1)
Q&A	518	(1)
Quiz	518	(2)
Questions	518	(1)
Answers	519	(1)
Certification Practice	519	(1)
Exercises	520	(1)
Creating and Using JavaBeans	521	(22)
Reusable Software Components	522	(7)
Developing JavaBeans	523	(3)
Creating a Bean	526	(3)
Development Tools	529	(2)
JavaBeans Development Kit	530	(1)
Working with JavaBeans	531	(9)
Bean Containers	532	(1)
Placing a Bean	533	(1)
Adjusting a Bean's Properties	534	(2)
Creating Interactions Among Beans	536	(2)
Creating a JavaBeans Program	538	(1)
Working with Other Beans	539	(1)
Summary	540	(1)
Q&A	540	(1)
Quiz	541	(1)
Questions	541	(1)
Answers	541	(1)
Certification Practice	541	(1)
Exercises	542	(1)
Reading and Writing Data Using JDBC and XML	543	(42)
Java Database Connectivity	544	(19)
Database Drivers	545	(1)
The JDBC-ODBC Bridge	546	(1)
Connecting to an ODBC Data Source	547	(13)
JDBC Drivers	560	(3)
Using XML	563	(5)
Designing an XML Dialect	566	(2)
Processing XML with Java	568	(1)
Processing XML with XOM	568	(14)
Creating an XML Document	570	(3)
Modifying an XML Document	573	(4)
Formatting an XML Document	577	(2)
Evaluating XOM	579	(3)
Summary	582	(1)
Q&A	582	(1)
Quiz	583	(1)
Questions	583	(1)
Answers	583	(1)
Certification Practice	584	(1)
Exercises	584	(1)
Writing Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages	585	(44)
Using Servlets	586	(3)
Supporting Servlets	587	(2)
Developing Servlets	589	(13)
Using Cookies	595	(4)
Using Sessions	599	(3)
JavaServer Pages	602	(15)
Writing a JavaServer Page	604	(7)
Creating a Web Application	611	(6)
JSP Standard Tag Library	617	(8)
Summary	625	(1)
Q&A	625	(1)
Quiz	626	(2)
Questions	626	(1)
Answers	627	(1)
Certification Practice	627	(1)
Exercises	628	(1)
Appendixes	629	(2)
Appendix A Choosing Java	631	(12)
Java's Past, Present, and Future	632	(5)
Interactive Web Programming	632	(2)
Java Grew from a Little Oak	634	(1)
Versions of the Language	635	(2)
Java's Outlook	637	(1)
Why Choose Java	637	(4)
Java Is Object-Oriented	638	(1)
Java Is Easy to Learn	638	(1)
Java Is Platform Neutral	639	(2)
Summary	641	(2)
Appendix B Using the Java 2 Software Development Kit	643	(24)
Choosing a Java Development Tool	644	(4)
Installing the Software Development Kit	645	(3)
Configuring the Software Development Kit	648	(9)
Using a Command-Line Interface	649	(1)
Opening Folders in MS-DOS	650	(1)
Creating Folders in MS-DOS	651	(1)
Running Programs in MS-DOS	652	(1)
Correcting Configuration Errors	653	(4)
Using a Text Editor	657	(1)
Creating a Sample Program	658	(4)
Compiling and Running the Program in Windows	660	(2)
Setting Up the CLASSPATH Variable	662	(5)
Setting the CLASSPATH on Windows 98 or ME	662	(2)
Setting the Classpath on Windows NT, XP, 2000, or 2003	664	(2)
Troubleshooting Your Kit Installation	666	(1)
Appendix C Programming with the Java 2 Software Development Kit	667	(22)
An Overview of the SDK	668	(1)
The java Interpreter	669	(2)
The javac Compiler	671	(2)
The appletviewer Browser	673	(3)
The javadoc Documentation Tool	676	(4)
The jar Java File Archival Tool	680	(2)
The jdb Debugger	682	(4)
Debugging Applications	683	(2)
Debugging Applets	685	(1)
Advanced Debugging Commands	685	(1)
Using System Properties	686	(2)
Summary	688	(1)
Appendix D Using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment	689	(10)
Choosing a Java Development Tool	690	(2)
Installing NetBeans	690	(2)
Creating a Sample Program	692	(7)
Compiling and Running the Program	697	(2)
Appendix E Writing Java 1.1 Applets	699	(22)
Java 1.1 Programming	700	(19)
Creating an Applet	700	(3)
Drawing Inside an Applet	703	(4)
Creating a Graphical User Interface	707	(7)
Handling User Events	714	(5)
Summary	719	(2)
Appendix F Creating Web Services with XML-RPC	721	(18)
Introduction to XML-RPC	722	(2)
Communicating with XML-RPC	724	(3)
Sending a Request	724	(2)
Responding to a Request	726	(1)
Choosing an XML-RPC Implementation	727	(2)
Using an XML-RPC Web Service	729	(3)
Creating an XML-RPC Web Service	732	(5)
Summary	737	(2)
Appendix G Regular Expressions	739	(14)
Introduction to Pattern Matching	740	(2)
The CharSequence Interface	741	(1)
Using Regular Expressions	742	(4)
Looking for a Match	742	(3)
Splitting Strings with Patterns	745	(1)
Patterns	746	(5)
Matches	748	(3)
Summary	751	(2)
Appendix H Where to Go from Here: Java Resources	753	(6)
Other Books to Consider	753	(1)
Sun's Official Java Site	754	(1)
Java 2 Version 1.5 Class Documentation	755	(1)
Other Java Web Sites	755	(1)
This Book's Official Site	755	(1)
Cafe au Lait	755	(1)
Workbench	755	(1)
InformIT	755	(1)
Java Review Service	756	(1)
JavaWorld Magazine	756	(1)
Gamelan: Earthweb's Java Directory	756	(1)
Java Newsgroups	756	(2)
Job Opportunities	758	(1)
Appendix I This Book's Web Site	759	(2)
Index	761