Java Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach

1273 Pages·2014·48.15 MB·English

by  Julie Anderson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anderson, Julie, 1947–
Java illuminated / Julie Anderson, Rollins College, Hervé J. Franceschi, Capitol College.
— Fourth edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-284-04531-4 (pbk.)
1. Java (Computer program language) I. Franceschi, Hervé. II. Title.
QA76.73.J3A533 2015
005.13’3—dc23
2014024734
6048
Printed in the United States of America
18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Dedications
To the memory of my parents, Glenn and Rosemary Austin, my first teachers. – Julie Anderson
A ma mère, trop tôt disparue, et à mon père. – Hervé Franceschi
Contents
Preface
Turing’s Craft CodeLab Student Registration Instructions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming and the Java Language
1.1 Basic Computer Concepts
1.1.1 Hardware
1.1.2 Operating Systems
1.1.3 Application Software
1.1.4 Computer Networks and the Internet
1.2 Practice Activity: Displaying System Configuration
1.2.1 Displaying Windows Configuration Information
1.2.2 Displaying Mac OS Configuration Information
1.3 Data Representation
1.3.1 Binary Numbers
1.3.2 Using Hexadecimal Numbers to Represent Binary Numbers
1.3.3 Representing Characters with the Unicode Character Set
1.4 Programming Languages
1.4.1 High- and Low-Level Languages
1.4.2 An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
1.4.3 The Java Language
1.5 An Introduction to Programming
1.5.1 Programming Basics
1.5.2 Program Design with Pseudocode
1.5.3 Developing a Java Application
1.5.4 Programming Activity 1: Writing a First Java Application
Debugging Techniques
Testing Techniques
1.6 Chapter Summary
1.7 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 2 Programming Building Blocks—Java Basics
2.1 Java Application Structure
2.2 Data Types, Variables, and Constants
2.2.1 Declaring Variables
2.2.2 Integer Data Types
2.2.3 Floating-Point Data Types
2.2.4 Character Data Type
2.2.5 Boolean Data Type
2.2.6 The Assignment Operator, Initial Values, and Literals
2.2.7 String Literals and Escape Sequences
2.2.8 Constants
2.3 Expressions and Arithmetic Operators
2.3.1 The Assignment Operator and Expressions
2.3.2 Arithmetic Operators
2.3.3 Operator Precedence
2.3.4 Programming Activity 1: Converting Inches to Centimeters
2.3.5 Integer Division and Modulus
2.3.6 Division by Zero
2.3.7 Mixed-Type Arithmetic and Type Casting
2.3.8 Shortcut Operators
2.4 Programming Activity 2: Temperature Conversion
2.5 Chapter Summary
2.6 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 3 Object-Oriented Programming, Part 1: Using Classes
3.1 Class Basics and Benefits
3.2 Creating Objects Using Constructors
3.3 Calling Methods
3.4 Using Object References
3.5 Programming Activity 1: Calling Methods
3.6 The Java Class Library
3.7 The String Class
The length Method
The toUpperCase and toLowerCase Methods
The indexOf Methods
The charAt and substring Methods
3.8 Formatting Output with the DecimalFormat Class
3.9 Generating Random Numbers with the Random Class
3.10 Input from the Console Using the Scanner Class
3.11 Calling Static Methods and Using Static Class Variables
3.12 Using System.in and System.out
3.13 The Math Class
The pow Method
The round Method
The min and max Methods
3.14 Formatting Output with the NumberFormat Class
3.15 The Integer, Double, and Other Wrapper Classes
3.16 Input and Output Using JOptionPane Dialog Boxes
3.17 Programming Activity 2: Using Predefined Classes
3.18 Chapter Summary
3.19 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 4 Introduction to Applets and Graphical Applications
4.1 Applet Structure
4.2 Executing an Applet
4.3 Drawing Shapes with Graphics Methods
4.4 Using Color
4.5 Programming Activity 1: Writing an Applet with Graphics
4.6 Graphical Applications
4.7 Chapter Summary
4.8 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 5 Flow of Control, Part 1: Selection
5.1 Forming Conditions
5.1.1 Equality Operators
5.1.2 Relational Operators
5.1.3 Logical Operators
DeMorgan’s Laws
5.2 Simple Selection with if
5.3 Selection Using if/else
Block Scope
5.4 Selection Using if/else if
5.5 Sequential and Nested if/else Statements
5.5.1 Sequential if/else Statements
Finding the Minimum or Maximum Values
5.5.2 Nested if/else Statements
Dangling else
5.6 Testing Techniques for if/else Statements
5.7 Programming Activity 1: Working with if/else
5.8 Comparing Floating-Point Numbers
5.9 Comparing Objects
5.9.1 The equals Method
5.9.2 String Comparison Methods
5.10 The Conditional Operator (?:)
5.11 The switch Statement
5.12 Programming Activity 2: Using the switch Statement
5.13 Chapter Summary
5.14 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 6 Flow of Control, Part 2: Looping
6.1 Event-Controlled Loops Using while
6.2 General Form for while Loops
6.3 Event-Controlled Looping
6.3.1 Reading Data from the User
6.3.2 Reading Data from a Text File
6.4 Looping Techniques
6.4.1 Accumulation
6.4.2 Counting Items
6.4.3 Calculating an Average
6.4.4 Finding Maximum or Minimum Values
6.4.5 Animation
6.5 Type-Safe Input Using Scanner
6.6 Constructing Loop Conditions
6.7 Testing Techniques for while Loops
6.8 Event-Controlled Loops Using do/while
6.9 Programming Activity 1: Using while Loops
Task Instructions
Troubleshooting
6.10 Count-Controlled Loops Using for
6.10.1 Basic Structure of for Loops
6.10.2 Constructing for Loops
6.10.3 Testing Techniques for for Loops
6.11 Nested Loops
6.12 Programming Activity 2: Using for Loops
Instructions
Troubleshooting
6.13 Chapter Summary
6.14 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 7 Object-Oriented Programming, Part 2: User-Defined Classes
7.1 Defining a Class
7.2 Defining Instance Variables
7.3 Writing Class Methods
7.4 Writing Constructors
7.5 Writing Accessor Methods
7.6 Writing Mutator Methods
7.7 Writing Data Manipulation Methods
7.8 Programming Activity 1: Writing a Class Definition, Part 1
7.9 The Object Reference this
7.10 The toString and equals Methods
7.11 Static Class Members
7.12 Graphical Objects
7.13 Enumeration Types
7.14 Programming Activity 2: Writing a Class Definition, Part 2
7.15 Creating Packages
7.16 Generating Web-Style Documentation with Javadoc
7.17 Chapter Summary
7.18 Exercises, Problems, and Projects
Chapter 8 Single-Dimensional Arrays
8.1 Declaring and Instantiating Arrays
8.1.1 Declaring Arrays
8.1.2 Instantiating Arrays
8.1.3 Combining the Declaration and Instantiation of Arrays
8.1.4 Assigning Initial Values to Arrays
8.2 Accessing Array Elements
8.3 Aggregate Array Operations
8.3.1 Printing Array Elements