Ivor Horton's Beginning Java®, Java 7 Edition by Horton, Ivor -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Chapter 1: Introducing Java

What Is Java All About? Features of the Java Language Learning Java The Java Environment Object-Oriented Programming in Java Java Program Structure Java and Unicode Summary Resources

Chapter 2: Programs, Data, Variables, and Calculation

Data and Variables Integer Data Types Floating-Point Data Types Fixing the Value of a Variable Arithmetic Calculations The op= Operators Mathematical Functions and Constants Storing Characters Bitwise Operations Variables with a Fixed Set of Integer Values Boolean Variables Operator Precedence Program Comments Summary

Chapter 3: Loops and Logic

Making Decisions Logical Operators The Conditional Operator The switch Statement Variable Scope Loops Assertions Summary

Chapter 4: Arrays and Strings

Arrays Strings Operations on Strings Mutable Strings Summary

Chapter 5: Defining Classes

What Is a Class? Defining Classes Defining Methods Constructors Defining and Using a Class Method Overloading Using Objects Recursion Understanding Packages Controlling Access to Class Members Nested Classes Summary

Chapter 6: Extending Classes and Inheritance

Using Existing Classes Class Inheritance The @Override Annotation Choosing Base Class Access Attributes Polymorphism Multiple Levels of Inheritance Abstract Classes The Universal Superclass Methods Accepting a Variable Number of Arguments Casting Objects More on Enumerations Designing Classes Using the final Modifier Interfaces Anonymous Classes Summary

Chapter 7: Exceptions

The Idea Behind Exceptions Types of Exceptions Dealing with Exceptions Exception Objects Defining Your Own Exceptions Summary

Chapter 8: Understanding Streams

Streams and Input/Output Operations Understanding Streams The Classes for Input and Output The Standard Streams Summary

Chapter 9: Accessing Files and Directories

Accessing the File System Working with Path Objects Creating and Deleting Directories and Files Getting the Contents of a Directory Closing a Stream Moving and Copying Files and Directories Summary

Chapter 10: Writing Files

File I/O Basics File Output Writing a File via an Output Stream Writing a File Using a Writer Buffers Writing a File Using a Channel File Write Operations Forcing Data to Be Written to a Device Summary

Chapter 11: Reading Files

File Read Operations Reading a File Using a Channel Copying Files Random Access to a File Memory-Mapped Files Summary

Chapter 12: Serializing Objects

Storing Objects in a File Writing an Object to a File Reading an Object from a File Summary

Chapter 13: Generic Class Types

What Are Generic Types? Defining a Generic Class Type Generic Types and Generic Interfaces Variables of a Raw Type Wildcards as Type Parameter Arguments Arrays and Parameterized Types Parameterized Methods Parameterized Types and Inheritance Summary

Chapter 14: The Collections Framework

Understanding the Collections Framework Collections of Objects Iterators Collection Classes Using EnumSet Array Collection Classes Linked Lists Using Maps Summary

Chapter 15: A Collection of Useful Classes

Utility Methods for Arrays Observable and Observer Objects Generating Random Numbers Dates and Times Regular Expressions Using a Scanner Summary

Chapter 16: Threads

Understanding Threads Managing Threads Using Executors Thread Priorities Summary

Chapter 17: Creating Windows

Graphical User Interfaces in Java Creating a Window Components and Containers Basics of Components Using Swing Containers Container Layout Managers Adding a Menu to a Window Summary

Chapter 18: Handling Events

Interactive Java Programs The Event-Handling Process Event Classes Semantic Event Handling in Applets Semantic Event Listeners in an Application Using Actions Adding a Toolbar Adding Menu Icons Adding Tooltips Disabling Actions Summary

Chapter 19: Drawing in a Window

Using the Model/View Architecture Component Coordinate Systems Drawing on a Component Shapes Filling Shapes Managing Shapes Drawing Using the Mouse Defining Your Own Shape Classes Changing the Cursor Summary

Chapter 20: Extending the GUI

Creating a Status Bar Using Dialogs Using a Dialog to Create Text Elements A Font Selection Dialog Pop-Up Menus Transforming the User Coordinate System Choosing Custom Colors Summary

Chapter 21: Filing and Printing Documents

Serializing the Sketch Basic Infrastructure for Saving Sketches Using a File Chooser Implementing File Operations Printing in Java Summary

Chapter 22: Java and XML

XML XML Document Structure Data Structure in XML Document Type Definitions Rules for a Well-Formed Document XML Namespaces XML Schemas A Schema for Sketcher Programming with XML Documents Accessing Parsers Using SAX Summary

Chapter 23: Creating and Modifying XML Documents

The Document Object Model Setting DOM Parser Features Parsing a Document Navigating a Document Object Tree Transforming XML Creating Document Objects Storing a Sketch as XML Reading an XML Representation of a Sketch Summary

Appendix A: Keywords Appendix B: Computer Arithmetic

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