"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes index.

OBJECT MODEL OF COMPUTATION Introduction Object Model of Computation Data Representation Hardware Overview A Brief History of programming Languages and Models of Computation Creating and Executing a Java Program Problem Statement Object Oriented Analysis and Design-Implementation- Testing Cycle CLASS AND JAVA FUNDAMENTALS A Java Application Program A Java Greetings Program Data Types Operations on Numeric Data Types Named Constants an Variables Input Statement OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN Class Testing Class Design DECISION MAKING Control Structures Logical Expression and Operators Selections Structures Enumerated Types Payroll for a Small Business POWER OF REPETITION Control Structures Using Text File for Input Using File for Output Repetition Structure : while Repetition Structure : for Repetition Statement : do ... while Statements break and continue Payroll for Small Business - Revisited METHODS Classification Method Invocation User-Defined Methods Constructors Common Methods Static Members Creating and Using Packages Fraction Calculator PRINCIPLES OF OBJECT-ORIENTATION Objects Subclass Abstract Classes and Methods The Object class Composition Interface Payroll for Small Business GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE: APPLICATIONS AND APPLETS The common Theme behind All GUI Application programs Creating an Application Window Creating a New Application Class Program: Metric Conversion Helper Programming Options for Event Listeners Applets Applet and GUI Application Graphics Color Font Drawing Services SIMPLE DATA STRUCTURES One-Dimensional Array Two Dimensional Array Multi-Dimensional Array The Vector Class Programming Example: Mr. Grace's Grade Sheet SEARCHING AND SORTING List Processing Searching Sorting The Vector Class EXCEPTION HANDLING Exception Class Handling Exceptions with in a Program Exception Handling Techniques User-Defined Exception Classes