Ivor Horton’s Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 Edition

Ivor Horton’s Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 Edition

Ivor Horton’s Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 Edition

Ivor Horton’s Beginning Java 2 JDK 5 Edition

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to the Java programming language, updated thoroughly (more than 35% new and updated) for the latest SDK 1.5 release. This book shows readers how to build real-world Java applications using the Java SDK. No previous programming experience is required. The author uses numerous step-by-step programming examples to guide readers through the ins and outs of Java development. In addition to fully covering new features of SDK 1.5, such as generic types, the author has also added new chapters on Java database programming with JDBC and Java programming with XML.

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• Paperback: 1512 pages


• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (December 31, 2004)


• Language: English


• ISBN-10: 0764568744


• ISBN-13: 978-0764568749


• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches


• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds


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Contents: About the Author v Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xxxvii Chapter 1: Introducing Java 1 What Is Java All About? 1 Features of the Java Language 2 Learning Java 3 Java Programs 3 Learning Java—The Road Ahead 3 The Java Environment 4 Java Program Development 5 Installing the JDK 6 Compiling a Java Program 8 Executing a Java Application 9 Executing an Applet 10 Object-Oriented Programming in Java 12 So What Are Objects? 13 What Defines a Class of Objects? 14 Operating on Objects 17 Java Program Statements 19 Encapsulation 20 Classes and Data Types 20 Classes and Subclasses 21 Advantages of Using Objects 21 Java Program Structure 21 Java’s Class Library 22 Java Applications 24 Java and Unicode 27 Summary 27 Resources 28 Chapter 2: Programs, Data, Variables, and Calculation 29 Data and Variables 29 Naming Your Variables 30 Variable Names and Unicode 31 Variables and Types 31 Integer Data Types 31 Integer Literals 33 Declaring Integer Variables 34 Floating-Point Data Types 36 Floating-Point Literals 36 Declaring Floating-Point Variables 37 Fixing the Value of a Variable 37 Arithmetic Calculations 38 Integer Calculations 39 Producing Output 44 Integer Division and Remainders 45 The Increment and Decrement Operators 46 Computation with Shorter Integer Types 48 Errors in Integer Arithmetic 49 Floating-Point Calculations 49 Other Floating-Point Arithmetic Operators 50 Error Conditions in Floating-Point Arithmetic 51 Mixed Arithmetic Expressions 51 Explicit Casting 52 Automatic Type Conversions in Assignments 52 The op= Operators 53 Mathematical Functions and Constants 54 Impoting the Math Class Methods 59 Storing Characters 60 Character Escape Sequences 60 Character Arithmetic 61 Bitwise Operations 63 Using the AND and OR Operators 65 Using the Exclusive OR Operator 68 Shift Operations 70 Methods for Bitwise Operations 74 Variables with a Fixed Set of Integer Values 77 Boolean Variables 79 Operator Precedence 80 Program Comments 81 Documentation Comments 82 Accessing Array Elements 138 Reusing Array Variables 138 Initializing Arrays 139 Using a Utility Method to Initialize an Array 140 Initializing an Array Variable 141 Using Arrays 142 Using the Collection-Based for Loop with an Array 143 Arrays of Arrays 145 Arrays of Arrays of Varying Length 149 Multidimensional Arrays 151 Arrays of Characters 152 Strings 152 String Literals 153 Creating String Objects 153 Arrays of Strings 155 Operations on Strings 157 Joining Strings 157 Comparing Strings 161 Comparing Strings for Equality 163 String Interning 166 Checking the Start and End of a String 167 Sequencing Strings 167 Accessing String Characters 169 Extracting String Characters 170 Searching Strings for Characters 172 Searching for Substrings 173 Extracting Substrings 177 Tokenizing a String 179 Modified Versions of String Objects 182 Creating Character Arrays from String Objects 182 Using the Collection-Based for Loop with a String 183 Obtaining the Characters in a String as an Array of Bytes 183 Creating String Objects from Character Arrays 184 Mutable Strings 184 Creating StringBuffer Objects 185 The Capacity of a StringBuffer Object 186 Changing the String Length for a StringBuffer Object 188 Adding to a StringBuffer Object 189 Appending a Substring 189 Appending Basic Types 190 Finding the Position of a Substring 191 Replacing a Substring in the Buffer 192 Inserting Strings 192 Summary 83 Exercises 84 Chapter 3: Loops and Logic 85 Making Decisions 85 Making Comparisons 86 The if Statement 87 Statement Blocks 88 The else Clause 90 Nested if Statements 91 Comparing Enumeration Values 94 Logical Operators 95 Logical AND Operations 95 && versus & 97 Logical OR Operations 98 Boolean NOT Operations 98 Character Testing Using Standard Library Methods 99 The Conditional Operator 100 The switch Statement 102 The General Case of the switch Statement 104 Variable Scope 108 Loops 111 Varieties of Loop 112 Counting Using Floating-Point Values 117 Nested Loops 121 The continue Statement 123 The Labeled continue Statement 123 Using the break Statement in a Loop 124 Breaking Indefinite Loops 127 The Labeled break Statement 128 Assertions 130 More Complex Assertions 132 Summary 133 Exercises 134 Chapter 4: Arrays and Strings 135 Arrays 135 Array Variables 136 Defining an Array 136 The Length of an Array 137 Extracting Characters from a Mutable String 193 Other Mutable String Operations 193 Creating a String Object from a StringBuffer Object 194 Summary 196 Exercises 197 Chapter 5: Defining Classes 199 What Is a Class? 200 Fields in a Class Definition 200 Methods in a Class Definition 202 Accessing Variables and Methods 203 Defining Classes 204 Defining Methods 205 Returning from a Method 206 The Parameter List 206 How Argument Values Are Passed to a Method 208 Final Parameters 209 Defining Class Methods 209 Accessing Class Data Members in a Method 209 The Variable this 210 Initializing Data Members 211 Using Initialization Blocks 212 Constructors 215 The Default Constructor 216 Creating Objects of a Class 217 Passing Objects to a Method 218 The Lifetime of an Object 219 Defining and Using a Class 220 Method Overloading 222 Multiple Constructors 223 Calling a Constructor from a Constructor 225 Duplicating Objects Using a Constructor 226 Using Objects 227 Creating a Point from Two Lines 230 Recursion 233 Understanding Packages 236 Packaging Up Your Classes 237 Packages and the Directory Structure 237 Compiling a Package 238 Accessing a Package 239 Using Extensions 240 Adding Classes from a Package to Your Program 241 Packages and Names in Your Programs 241 Impoting Static Class Members 242 Standard Packages 243 Standard Classes Encapsulating the Primitive Data Types 244 Controlling Access to Class Members 246 Using Access Attributes 246 Specifying Access Attributes 248 Choosing Access Attributes 250 Using Package and Access Attributes 251 Nested Classes 256 Static Nested Classes 257 Using a Non-Static Nested Class 262 Using a Nested Class Outside the Top-Level Class 263 Local Nested Classes 264 The finalize() Method 265 Native Methods 266 Summary 266 Exercises 267 Chapter 6: Extending Classes and Inheritance 269 Using Existing Classes 269 Class Inheritance 271 Inheriting Data Members 272 Hidden Data Members 273 Inherited Methods 273 Objects of a Derived Class 274 Deriving a Class 275 Derived Class Constructors 275 Calling the Base Class Constructor 276 Overriding a Base Class Method 277 Choosing Base Class Access Attributes 279 Polymorphism 279 Using Polymorphism 282 Multiple Levels of Inheritance 286 Abstract Classes 287 The Universal Superclass 288 The toString() Method 289 Determining the Type of an Object 289 Copying Objects 291 Methods Accepting a Variable Number of Arguments 295 Limiting the Types in a Variable Argument List 297 Casting Objects 298 When to Cast Objects 300 Identifying Objects 301 More on Enumerations 302 Adding Members to an Enumeration Class 303 Designing Classes 307 A Classy Example 307 Designing the PolyLine Class 309 A General-Purpose Linked List 313 Using the final Modifier 317 Interfaces 318 Encapsulating Constants in a Program 319 Constants in an Interface 320 Constants Defined in a Class 321 Interfaces Declaring Methods 323 A Partial Interface Implementation 324 Extending Interfaces 325 Interfaces and Multiple Inheritance 326 Using Interfaces 326 Interfaces and Polymorphism 327 Using Multiple Interfaces 333 Method Parameters of Interface Types 333 Nesting Classes in an Interface Definition 334 Interfaces and the Real World 334 Anonymous Classes 335 Summary 335 Exercises 337 Chapter 7: Exceptions 339 The Idea Behind Exceptions 339 Types of Exceptions 340 Error Exceptions 341 RuntimeException Exceptions 342 Other Subclasses of Exception 343 Dealing with Exceptions 344 Specifying the Exceptions a Method Can Throw 344 Handling Exceptions 345 The try Block 345 The catch Block 345 try catch Bonding 347 Multiple catch Blocks 349 The finally Block 350 Chapter 9: Accessing Files and Directories 401 Working with File Objects 401 Creating File Objects 402 Portable Path Considerations 404 Absolute and Relative Paths 404 Accessing System Properties 405 Setting System Properties 407 Testing and Checking File Objects 408 Querying Files and Directories 409 Filtering a File List 414 Creating and Modifying Files and Directories 417 Creating File Output Streams 419 Ensuring a File Exists 421 Avoiding Overwriting a File 423 FileDescriptor Objects 424 Summary 425 Exercises 425 Chapter 10: Writing Files 427 File I/O Basics 427 File Input and Output 429 Channels 430 Channel Operations 431 File Channels 433 Buffers 434 Buffer Capacity 434 Buffer Position and Limit 435 Setting the Position and Limit 437 Creating Buffers 438 View Buffers 439 Duplicating and Slicing Buffers 441 Creating Buffers by Wrapping Arrays 443 Wrapping Strings 445 Marking a Buffer 446 Buffer Data Transfers 446 Transferring Data into a Buffer 447 Using View Buffers 449 Preparing a Buffer for Output to a File 449 Writing to a File 451 File Position 453 Using a View Buffer to Load Data into a Byte Buffer 458 Structuring a Method 351 Execution Sequence 352 Normal Execution of a Method 355 Execution When an Exception Is Thrown 356 Execution When an Exception Is Not Caught 357 Nested try Blocks 358 Rethrowing Exceptions 359 Exception Objects 359 The Throwable Class 359 Standard Exceptions 362 Defining Your Own Exceptions 362 Defining an Exception Class 363 Throwing Your Own Exception 363 An Exception Handling Strategy 364 An Example of an Exception Class 364 Summary 368 Exercises 368Chapter 8: Understanding Streams 371 Streams and the New I/O Capability 371 Understanding Streams 372 Input and Output Streams 373 Binary and Character Streams 374 The Classes for Input and Output 375 Basic Input Stream Operations 375 Basic Output Stream Operations 379 Stream Readers and Writers 379 Using Readers 381 Using Writers 382 The Standard Streams 384 Getting Data from the Keyboard 384 Tokenizing a Stream 385 Customizing a Stream Tokenizer 387 Writing to the Command Line 392 The printf() Method 392 Formatting Numerical Data 394 Specifying the Width and Precision 395 Formatting Characters and Strings 396 The Locale Class 397 Formatting Data into a String 398 Summary 399 Exercises 399

Writing Varying Length Strings to a File 460 Using a Formatter Object to Load a Buffer 462 Direct and Indirect Buffers 466 Writing Numerical Data to a File 467 Writing Mixed Data to a File 471 Gathering-Write Operations 477 Summary 481 Exercises 482 Chapter 11: Reading Files 483 File Read Operations 483 Creating File Input Streams 484 File Channel Read Operations 485 Reading a Text File 488 Getting Data from the Buffer 489 Reading Binary Data 491 Reading Mixed Data 496 Compacting a Buffer 499 Copying Files 502 Random Access to a File 507 Read/Write Operations with a Single File Channel 512 Memory-Mapped Files 513 Locking a File 517 Locking Part of a File 519 Practical File Locking Considerations 519 Summary 523 Exercises 524 Chapter 12: Serializing Objects 525 Storing Objects in a File 525 Writing an Object to a File 526 Writing Basic Data Types to an Object Stream 528 Implementing the Serializable Interface 529 Conditions for Serialization 532 Transient Data Members of a Class 533 Reading an Object from a File 533 Determining the Class of a Deserialized Object 537 Reading Basic Data from an Object Stream 538 Using Object Serialization 538 Serializing Classes Yourself 541 Serialization Problems and Complications 542 Resetting an Object Output Stream 544 Summary 545 Exercises 546 Chapter 13: Generic Class Types 547 What Are Generic Types? 547 Defining a Generic Class Type 548 Implementing a Generic Type 550 Instantiating a Generic Type 551 Using Primitive Type Wrapper Class Types as Arguments 555 The Runtime Type of Generic Type Instances 557 Relationships between Generic Type Instances 559 Multiple Type Parameters 559 Type Parameter Scope 560 Static Fields in a Generic Type 560 Type Parameter Bounds 561 Generic Types and Generic Interfaces 565 Enabling the Collection-Based for Loop 565 Implementing an Iterator Capability 567 A Parameterized Type for Binary Trees 569 Defining the Generic Type 571 Hidden Constraints in the BinaryTree<> Type 579 Variables of a Raw Type 580 Using Wildcards as Type Parameter Arguments 582 Constraints on a Wildcard 584 More on the Class Class 587 Arrays and Parameterized Types 588 Parameterized Methods 592 Generic Constructors 595 Parameterized Types and Inheritance 598 Summary 599 Exercises 600 Chapter 14: The Collections Framework 601 Understanding the Collections Framework 601 Collections of Objects 602 Sets 603 Sequences 604 Maps 605 Hashing 606 Iterators 606 List Iterators 608 Collection Classes 610 Collection Interfaces 614 Using Vectors 615 Creating a Vector 616 The Capacity and Size of a Vector 618 Storing Objects in a Vector 620 Retrieving Objects from a Vector 621 Accessing Elements in a Vector through a List Iterator 621 Extracting All the Elements from a Vector 622 Removing Objects from a Vector 623 Searching a Vector 625 Applying Vectors 626 Sorting a Collection 630 Stack Storage 632 Linked Lists 638 Using Maps 640 The Hashing Process 640 Using Your Own Class Objects as Keys 642 Generating Hashcodes 642 Creating a HashMap Container 643 Storing, Retrieving, and Removing Objects 644 Processing all the Elements in a Map 646 Summary 657 Exercises 658 Chapter 15: A Collection of Useful Classes 659 Utility Methods for Arrays 659 Filling an Array 660 Comparing Arrays 661 Sorting Arrays 662 Searching Arrays 666 Observable and Observer Objects 670 Defining Classes of Observable Objects 671 Observable Class Methods 671 Generating Random Numbers 675 Random Operations 676 Dates and Times 678 The Date Class 679 Interpreting Date Objects 679 Obtaining a Date Object from a String 684 Gregorian Calendars 684 Setting the Date and Time 686 Getting Date and Time Information 687 Modifying Dates and Times 688 Comparing Calendars 688 Regular Expressions 691 Defining Regular Expressions 691 Creating a Pattern 692 Creating a Matcher 693 Searching a String 694 Matching an Entire String 696 Defining Sets of Characters 697 Matching Boundaries 700 Using Quantifiers 701 Tokenizing a String 703 Search and Replace Operations 705 Using Capturing Groups 708 Juggling Captured Text 710 Using a Scanner 714 Creating Scanner Objects 714 Getting Input from a Scanner 715 Testing for Tokens 717 Defining Your Own Patterns for Tokens 718 Summary 720 Exercises 721 Chapter 16: Threads 723 Understanding Threads 723 Creating Threads 726 Stopping a Thread 731 Connecting Threads 733 Thread Scheduling 733 Implementing the Runnable Interface 734 Managing Threads 736 Synchronization 737 Synchronized Methods 737 Synchronizing Statement Blocks 749 Deadlocks 755 Communicating between Threads 756 Using wait() and notifyAll() in the Bank Program 758 Thread Priorities 761 Using Thread Priorities 762 Summary 765 Exercises 766 Chapter 17: Creating Windows 767 Graphical User Interfaces in Java 767 Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture 768 Creating a Window 770 Components and Containers 775 Window and Frame Components 776 Window Panes 777 Basics of Components 779 Component Attributes 779 The Size and Position of a Component 780 Points and Rectangles 784 Point Objects 784 Rectangle Objects 785 Visual Characteristics of a Component 788 Defining Color 789 System Colors 791 Creating Cursors 791 Selecting Fonts 792 Swing Components 797 Buttons 798 Menus 799 Text Components 800 Other Swing Components 800 Using Containers 801 Adding Components to a Container 802 Container Layout Managers 803 The Flow Layout Manager 805 Changing the Gap 807 Using a Border Layout Manager 811 Using a Card Layout Manager 813 Using a Grid Layout Manager 815 Using a BoxLayout Manager 817 Struts and Glue 820 Using a GridBagLayout Manager 825 GridBagConstraints Instance Variables 826 Using a SpringLayout Manager 834 Understanding Constraints 835 Defining Constraints 836 Setting Constraints for a Component 837 Adding a Menu to a Window 843 Creating JMenu and JMenuItem 843 Creating a Menu 844 Adding Menu Items to a Menu 847 Adding a Shortcut for a Menu Item 852 More on Applets 854 Converting an Application to an Applet 856 Summary 857 Exercises 858 Chapter 18: Handling Events 861 Window-Based Java Programs 861 Event-Driven Programs 862 The Event-Handling Process 863 Avoiding Deadlocks in GUI Code 865 Event Classes 867 Low-Level Event Classes 868 Making a Window Handle Its Own Events 870 Enabling Other Low-level Events 873 Low-Level Event Listeners 874 The WindowListener Interface 875 The WindowFocusListener Interface 875 The WindowStateListener Interface 875 The MouseListener Interface 876 The MouseMotionListener Interface 876 The MouseWheelListener Interface 876 The KeyListener Interface 876 The FocusListener Interface 877 Using Adapter Classes 879 Semantic Events 882 Semantic Event Listeners 883 Semantic Event Handling in Applets 884 Alternative Event-Handling Approaches 893 Handling Low-Level and Semantic Events 895 Semantic Event Listeners in an Application 896 Listening to Menu Items 896 Fixing the Color Menu Check Marks 902 Using Actions 902 The Action Interface 903 Using Actions as Menu Items 905 Defining Action Classes 906 Adding a Toolbar 911 Adding Buttons to a Toolbar 912 Adding Icons 914 Fixing the Menus 918 Adding Tooltips 920 Disabling Actions 922 Summary 924 Exercises 924 Chapter 19: Drawing in a Window 927 Using the Model/View Architecture 927 Coordinate Systems in Components 931 Drawing on a Component 933 Graphics Contexts 934 The Drawing Process 937 Rendering Operations 938 Shapes 939 Classes Defining Points 939 Lines and Rectangles 941 Combining Rectangles 943 Testing Rectangles 944 Arcs and Ellipses 947 Curves 950 Complex Paths 960 Filling Shapes 966 Gradient Fill 968 Managing Shapes 972 Storing Shapes in the Model 974 Drawing Shapes 975 Drawing Using the Mouse 976 Handling Mouse Events 977 Handling Mouse Button Press Events 979 Using XOR Mode 980 Handling Mouse Dragging Events 981 Handling Button Release Events 983 Locating the Mouse Cursor Using MouseInfo Class Methods 985 Defining Your Own Shape Classes 985 Defining Lines 986 Defining Rectangles 988 Defining Circles 990 Drawing Curves 993 Summary 996 Exercises 996 Chapter 20: Extending the GUI 997 Creating a Status Bar 997 Using Dialogs 1002 Modal and Non-Modal Dialogs 1003 A Simple Modal Dialog 1005 Instant Dialogs 1009 Input Dialogs 1011 Using a Dialog to Create Text Elements 1013 A Font Selection Dialog 1023 Creating the Font Dialog Buttons 1026 Adding the Data Pane 1027 Implementing the Font List 1028 Displaying the Selected Font 1031 Using a Split Pane 1031 Using a Spinner 1033 Using Radio Buttons to Select the Font Style 1035 Listening for Radio Buttons 1036 Pop-Up Menus 1039 Displaying a Pop-Up Menu 1040 Implementing a Context Menu 1044 Tracking Mouse Moves 1045 Defining the Other Context Menu 1048 Deleting Elements 1050 Implementing the Send-to-Back Operation 1051 Transforming the User Coordinate System 1052 The AffineTransform Class 1054 Modifying the Transformation for a Graphics Context 1056 Creating AffineTransform Objects 1058 Translating Lines 1060 Translating Rectangles 1062 Translating Circles 1063 Translating Curves 1063 Translating Text 1064 Moving an Element 1065 Rotating Elements 1070 Choosing Custom Colors 1074 Summary 1076 Exercises 1077 Chapter 21: Filing and Printing Documents 1079 Serializing the Sketch 1080 Implementing the Serializable Interface 1083 Serializing the List of Elements 1083 Serializing Lines 1084 Serializing Rectangles 1085 Serializing Circles 1086 Serializing Curves 1086 Serializing Text 1089 Supporting the File Menu 1089 Using a File Chooser 1090 File Save Operations 1091 Implementing the Save Operation 1093 Writing a Sketch to a File 1095 Creating a File Filter 1097 File Save As Operations 1099 File Open Operations 1100 Starting a New Sketch 1103 Preventing Data Loss on Close 1104 Printing in Java 1106 Creating and Using PrinterJob Objects 1109 Displaying a Print Dialog 1110 Starting the Printing Process 1111 Printing Pages 1112 The PageFormat Class 1114 Printing the Whole Sketch 1117 Scaling the Sketch to Fit 1120 Printing in Landscape Orientation 1123 Improving the Printing Facilities 1125 Implementing Page Setup 1126 Using the Java Print Dialog 1130 Setting Print Request Attributes Programmatically 1132 Multipage Document Printing 1134 Implementing the Pageable Interface 1134 Creating PageFormat Objects 1135 Dealing with Paper 1136 Printing Using a Book 1143 Printing Swing Components 1146 Summary 1149 Exercises 1150

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