Java for Practitioners

1 Java and Object Orientation.- 1 Introduction to Object Orientation.- 2 Elements of Object Orientation.- 3 Why Object Orientation?.- 4 Constructing an Object-Oriented System.- 5 A Brief History of Time, the Universe and Java.- 6 Java 2 Platform: Java's Third Age?.- 7 Basic Java.- 8 Java Building Blocks.- 9 Java Constructs.- 10 Control and Iteration.- 11 The Person Class.- 12 Classes, Inheritance and Abstraction.- 13 Encapsulation and Polymorphism.- 14 Data Structures.- 15 The Collection API.- 16 An Object-Oriented Organizer.- 2 Java Developers' Handbook.- 17 Graphic Programming Using the Abstract Window Toolkit.- 18 User Interface Programming.- 19 Managing Component Layout.- 20 Putting the Swing into Java.- 21 Swing Data Model Case Study.- 22 Observers and Observables.- 23 A GUI Case Study.- 24 Combining Graphics and GUI Components.- 25 Applets and the Internet.- 26 Concurrency.- 27 Exception Handling.- 28 Streams and Files.- 29 Serialization.- 30 Sockets in Java.- 31 Java and Remote Method Invocation.- 32 Servlets: Serving Java up on the Web.- 33 Java Database Connectivity.- 34 JavaBeans Software Components.- 35 Java Native Interface.- 36 Byte Code Protection.- 37 Java, IDL and Object Request Brokers.- 38 Inner Classes and Reflection.- 3 Java Art and Style.- 39 Java Style Guidelines.- 40 Common Java Bugs and Programmer Errors.- 41 Reliable Java Systems.- 42 Performance Optimization.- 43 Java Self-Test Examination.- 4 Object-Oriented Design.- 44 Object-Oriented Analysis and Design.- 45 OMT and UML.- 46 Use Case Analysis.- 47 The Analysis Phase: Object Modelling.- 48 The Analysis Phase: Dynamic Modelling.- 49 Functional Modelling and Operations.- 50 The Design and Implementation Phases.- 5 The Future.- 51 The Future for Java.- Appendices.- A Java 1.1.* Core APIPackages.- B The java.lang Package.- C The java.util Package.- D The java.io Package.- E The java.awt Package.- F The java.awt.event Package.- G The java.awt.image Package.- H Java Keywords.- I Java 2 Core API Packages.