Preface

Chapter 1:  Overview: The Mental Landscape

• Section 1.1  The Fetch and Execute Cycle: Machine Language
• Section 1.2  Asynchronous Events: Polling Loops and Interrupts
• Section 1.3  The Java Virtual Machine
• Section 1.4  Fundamental Building Blocks of Programs
• Section 1.5  Objects and Object-oriented Programming
• Section 1.6  The Modern User Interface
• Section 1.7  The Internet and Beyond
• Quiz

Chapter 2:  Programming in the Small I: Names and Things

• Section 2.1  The Basic Java Application
• Section 2.2  Variables and the Primitive Types
  • 2.2.1  Variables
  • 2.2.2  Types
  • 2.2.3  Literals
  • 2.2.4  Strings and String Literals
  • 2.2.5  Variables in Programs
• Section 2.3  Strings, Classes, Objects, and Subroutines
  • 2.3.1  Built-in Subroutines and Functions
  • 2.3.2  Classes and Objects
  • 2.3.3  Operations on Strings
  • 2.3.4  Introduction to Enums
• Section 2.4  Text Input and Output
  • 2.4.1  Basic Output and Formatted Output
  • 2.4.2  A First Text Input Example
  • 2.4.3  Basic TextIO Input Functions
  • 2.4.4  Introduction to File I/O
  • 2.4.5  Other TextIO Features
  • 2.4.6  Using Scanner for Input
• Section 2.5  Details of Expressions
  • 2.5.1  Arithmetic Operators
  • 2.5.2  Increment and Decrement
  • 2.5.3  Relational Operators
  • 2.5.4  Boolean Operators
  • 2.5.5  Conditional Operator
  • 2.5.6  Assignment Operators and Type Conversion
  • 2.5.7  Precedence Rules
• Section 2.6  Programming Environments
  • 2.6.1  Getting JDK and JavaFX
  • 2.6.2  Command Line Environment
  • 2.6.3  JavaFX on the Command Line
  • 2.6.4  Eclipse IDE
  • 2.6.5  Using JavaFX in Eclipse
  • 2.6.6  BlueJ
  • 2.6.7  The Problem of Packages
  • 2.6.8  About jshell
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 3:  Programming in the Small II: Control

• Section 3.1  Blocks, Loops, and Branches
  • 3.1.1  Blocks
  • 3.1.2  The Basic While Loop
  • 3.1.3  The Basic If Statement
  • 3.1.4  Definite Assignment
• Section 3.2  Algorithm Development
  • 3.2.1  Pseudocode and Stepwise Refinement
  • 3.2.2  The 3N+1 Problem
  • 3.2.3  Coding, Testing, Debugging
• Section 3.3  The while and do..while Statements
  • 3.3.1  The while Statement
  • 3.3.2  The do..while Statement
  • 3.3.3  break and continue
• Section 3.4  The for Statement
  • 3.4.1  For Loops
  • 3.4.2  Example: Counting Divisors
  • 3.4.3  Nested for Loops
• Section 3.5  The if Statement
  • 3.5.1  The Dangling else Problem
  • 3.5.2  Multiway Branching
  • 3.5.3  If Statement Examples
  • 3.5.4  The Empty Statement
• Section 3.6  The switch Statement
  • 3.6.1  The Basic switch Statement
  • 3.6.2  Menus and switch Statements
  • 3.6.3  Enums in switch Statements
  • 3.6.4  Definite Assignment and switch Statements
  • 3.6.5  A New switch Statement Syntax
• Section 3.7  Introduction to Exceptions and try..catch
  • 3.7.1  Exceptions
  • 3.7.2  try..catch
  • 3.7.3  Exceptions in TextIO
• Section 3.8  Introduction to Arrays
  • 3.8.1  Creating and Using Arrays
  • 3.8.2  Arrays and For Loops
  • 3.8.3  Random Access
  • 3.8.4  Partially Full Arrays
  • 3.8.5  Two-dimensional Arrays
• Section 3.9  Introduction to GUI Programming
  • 3.9.1  Drawing Shapes
  • 3.9.2  Drawing in a Program
  • 3.9.3  Animation
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 4:  Programming in the Large I: Subroutines

• Section 4.1  Black Boxes
• Section 4.2  Static Subroutines and Static Variables
  • 4.2.1  Subroutine Definitions
  • 4.2.2  Calling Subroutines
  • 4.2.3  Subroutines in Programs
  • 4.2.4  Member Variables
• Section 4.3  Parameters
  • 4.3.1  Using Parameters
  • 4.3.2  Formal and Actual Parameters
  • 4.3.3  Overloading
  • 4.3.4  Subroutine Examples
  • 4.3.5  Array Parameters
  • 4.3.6  Command-line Arguments
  • 4.3.7  Throwing Exceptions
  • 4.3.8  Global and Local Variables
• Section 4.4  Return Values
  • 4.4.1  The return statement
  • 4.4.2  Function Examples
  • 4.4.3  3N+1 Revisited
• Section 4.5  Lambda Expressions
  • 4.5.1  First-class Functions
  • 4.5.2  Functional Interfaces
  • 4.5.3  Lambda Expressions
  • 4.5.4  Method References
• Section 4.6  APIs, Packages, Modules, and Javadoc
  • 4.6.1  Toolboxes
  • 4.6.2  Java's Standard Packages
  • 4.6.3  Using Classes from Packages
  • 4.6.4  About Modules
  • 4.6.5  Javadoc
  • 4.6.6  Static Import
• Section 4.7  More on Program Design
  • 4.7.1  Preconditions and Postconditions
  • 4.7.2  A Design Example
  • 4.7.3  The Program
• Section 4.8  The Truth About Declarations
  • 4.8.1  Initialization in Declarations
  • 4.8.2  Declaring Variables with var
  • 4.8.3  Named Constants
  • 4.8.4  Naming and Scope Rules
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 5:  Programming in the Large II: Objects and Classes

• Section 5.1  Objects, Instance Methods, and Instance Variables
  • 5.1.1  Objects, Classes, and Instances
  • 5.1.2  Fundamentals of Objects
  • 5.1.3  Getters and Setters
  • 5.1.4  Arrays and Objects
• Section 5.2  Constructors and Object Initialization
  • 5.2.1  Initializing Instance Variables
  • 5.2.2  Constructors
  • 5.2.3  Garbage Collection
• Section 5.3  Programming with Objects
  • 5.3.1  Some Built-in Classes
  • 5.3.2  The class "Object"
  • 5.3.3  Writing and Using a Class
  • 5.3.4  Object-oriented Analysis and Design
• Section 5.4  Programming Example: Card, Hand, Deck
  • 5.4.1  Designing the classes
  • 5.4.2  The Card Class
  • 5.4.3  Example: A Simple Card Game
• Section 5.5  Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Abstract Classes
  • 5.5.1  Extending Existing Classes
  • 5.5.2  Inheritance and Class Hierarchy
  • 5.5.3  Example: Vehicles
  • 5.5.4  Polymorphism
  • 5.5.5  Abstract Classes
• Section 5.6  this and super
  • 5.6.1  The Special Variable this
  • 5.6.2  The Special Variable super
  • 5.6.3  super and this As Constructors
• Section 5.7  Interfaces
  • 5.7.1  Defining and Implementing Interfaces
  • 5.7.2  Default Methods
  • 5.7.3  Interfaces as Types
• Section 5.8  Nested Classes
  • 5.8.1  Static Nested Classes
  • 5.8.2  Inner Classes
  • 5.8.3  Anonymous Inner Classes
  • 5.8.4  Local Classes and Lambda Expressions
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 6:  Introduction to GUI Programming

• Section 6.1  A Basic JavaFX Application
  • 6.1.1  JavaFX Applications
  • 6.1.2  Stage, Scene, and SceneGraph
  • 6.1.3  Nodes and Layout
  • 6.1.4  Events and Event Handlers
• Section 6.2  Some Basic Classes
  • 6.2.1  Color and Paint
  • 6.2.2  Fonts
  • 6.2.3  Image
  • 6.2.4  Canvas and GraphicsContext
  • 6.2.5  A Bit of CSS
• Section 6.3  Basic Events
  • 6.3.1  Event Handling
  • 6.3.2  Mouse Events
  • 6.3.3  Dragging
  • 6.3.4  Key Events
  • 6.3.5  AnimationTimer
  • 6.3.6  State Machines
  • 6.3.7  Observable Values
• Section 6.4  Basic Controls
  • 6.4.1  ImageView
  • 6.4.2  Label and Button
  • 6.4.3  CheckBox and RadioButton
  • 6.4.4  TextField and TextArea
  • 6.4.5  Slider
• Section 6.5  Basic Layout
  • 6.5.1  Do Your Own Layout
  • 6.5.2  BorderPane
  • 6.5.3  HBox and VBox
  • 6.5.4  GridPane and TilePane
• Section 6.6  Complete Programs
  • 6.6.1  A Little Card Game
  • 6.6.2  Menus and Menubars
  • 6.6.3  Scene and Stage
  • 6.6.4  Creating Jar Files
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 7:  Arrays and ArrayLists

• Section 7.1  Array Details
  • 7.1.1  For-each Loops
  • 7.1.2  Variable Arity Methods
  • 7.1.3  Array Literals
• Section 7.2  Array Processing
  • 7.2.1  Some Processing Examples
  • 7.2.2  Some Standard Array Methods
  • 7.2.3  RandomStrings Revisited
  • 7.2.4  Dynamic Arrays
• Section 7.3  ArrayList
  • 7.3.1  ArrayList and Parameterized Types
  • 7.3.2  Wrapper Classes
  • 7.3.3  Programming With ArrayList
• Section 7.4  Searching and Sorting
  • 7.4.1  Searching
  • 7.4.2  Association Lists
  • 7.4.3  Insertion Sort
  • 7.4.4  Selection Sort
  • 7.4.5  Unsorting
• Section 7.5  Two-dimensional Arrays
  • 7.5.1  The Truth About 2D Arrays
  • 7.5.2  Conway's Game Of Life
  • 7.5.3  Checkers
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 8:  Correctness, Robustness, Efficiency

• Section 8.1  Introduction to Correctness and Robustness
  • 8.1.1  Horror Stories
  • 8.1.2  Java to the Rescue
  • 8.1.3  Problems Remain in Java
• Section 8.2  Writing Correct Programs
  • 8.2.1  Provably Correct Programs
  • 8.2.2  Preconditions and Postconditions
  • 8.2.3  Invariants
  • 8.2.4  Robust Handling of Input
• Section 8.3  Exceptions and try..catch
  • 8.3.1  Exceptions and Exception Classes
  • 8.3.2  The try Statement
  • 8.3.3  Throwing Exceptions
  • 8.3.4  Mandatory Exception Handling
  • 8.3.5  Programming with Exceptions
• Section 8.4  Assertions and Annotations
  • 8.4.1  Assertions
  • 8.4.2  Annotations
• Section 8.5  Analysis of Algorithms
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 9:  Linked Data Structures and Recursion

• Section 9.1  Recursion
  • 9.1.1  Recursive Binary Search
  • 9.1.2  Towers of Hanoi
  • 9.1.3  A Recursive Sorting Algorithm
  • 9.1.4  Blob Counting
• Section 9.2  Linked Data Structures
  • 9.2.1  Recursive Linking
  • 9.2.2  Linked Lists
  • 9.2.3  Basic Linked List Processing
  • 9.2.4  Inserting into a Linked List
  • 9.2.5  Deleting from a Linked List
• Section 9.3  Stacks, Queues, and ADTs
  • 9.3.1  Stacks
  • 9.3.2  Queues
  • 9.3.3  Postfix Expressions
• Section 9.4  Binary Trees
  • 9.4.1  Tree Traversal
  • 9.4.2  Binary Sort Trees
  • 9.4.3  Expression Trees
• Section 9.5  A Simple Recursive Descent Parser
  • 9.5.1  Backus-Naur Form
  • 9.5.2  Recursive Descent Parsing
  • 9.5.3  Building an Expression Tree
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 10:  Generic Programming and Collection Classes

• Section 10.1  Generic Programming
  • 10.1.1  Generic Programming in Smalltalk
  • 10.1.2  Generic Programming in C++
  • 10.1.3  Generic Programming in Java
  • 10.1.4  The Java Collection Framework
  • 10.1.5  Iterators and for-each Loops
  • 10.1.6  Equality and Comparison
  • 10.1.7  Generics and Wrapper Classes
• Section 10.2  Lists and Sets
  • 10.2.1  ArrayList and LinkedList
  • 10.2.2  Sorting
  • 10.2.3  TreeSet and HashSet
  • 10.2.4  Priority Queues
• Section 10.3  Maps
  • 10.3.1  The Map Interface
  • 10.3.2  Views, SubSets, and SubMaps
  • 10.3.3  Hash Tables and Hash Codes
• Section 10.4  Programming with the Java Collection Framework
  • 10.4.1  Symbol Tables
  • 10.4.2  Sets Inside a Map
  • 10.4.3  Using a Comparator
  • 10.4.4  Word Counting
• Section 10.5  Writing Generic Classes and Methods
  • 10.5.1  Simple Generic Classes
  • 10.5.2  Simple Generic Methods
  • 10.5.3  Wildcard Types
  • 10.5.4  Bounded Types
• Section 10.6  Introduction the Stream API
  • 10.6.1  Generic Functional Interfaces
  • 10.6.2  Making Streams
  • 10.6.3  Operations on Streams
  • 10.6.4  An Experiment
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 11:  Input/Output Streams, Files, and Networking

• Section 11.1  I/O Streams, Readers, and Writers
  • 11.1.1  Character and Byte Streams
  • 11.1.2  PrintWriter
  • 11.1.3  Data Streams
  • 11.1.4  Reading Text
  • 11.1.5  The Scanner Class
  • 11.1.6  Serialized Object I/O
• Section 11.2  Files
  • 11.2.1  Reading and Writing Files
  • 11.2.2  Files and Directories
  • 11.2.3  File Dialog Boxes
• Section 11.3  Programming With Files
  • 11.3.1  Copying a File
  • 11.3.2  Persistent Data
  • 11.3.3  Storing Objects in Files
• Section 11.4  Networking
  • 11.4.1  URLs and URLConnections
  • 11.4.2  TCP/IP and Client/Server
  • 11.4.3  Sockets in Java
  • 11.4.4  A Trivial Client/Server
  • 11.4.5  A Simple Network Chat
• Section 11.5  A Brief Introduction to XML
  • 11.5.1  Basic XML Syntax
  • 11.5.2  Working With the DOM
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 12:  Threads and Multiprocessing

• Section 12.1  Introduction to Threads
  • 12.1.1  Creating and Running Threads
  • 12.1.2  Operations on Threads
  • 12.1.3  Mutual Exclusion with "synchronized"
  • 12.1.4  Volatile Variables
  • 12.1.5  Atomic Variables
• Section 12.2  Programming with Threads
  • 12.2.1  Threads, Timers, and JavaFX
  • 12.2.2  Recursion in a Thread
  • 12.2.3  Threads for Background Computation
  • 12.2.4  Threads for Multiprocessing
• Section 12.3  Threads and Parallel Processing
  • 12.3.1  Problem Decomposition
  • 12.3.2  Thread Pools and Task Queues
  • 12.3.3  Producer/Consumer and Blocking Queues
  • 12.3.4  The ExecutorService Approach
  • 12.3.5  Wait and Notify
• Section 12.4  Threads and Networking
  • 12.4.1  The Blocking I/O Problem
  • 12.4.2  An Asynchronous Network Chat Program
  • 12.4.3  A Threaded Network Server
  • 12.4.4  Using a Thread Pool
  • 12.4.5  Distributed Computing
• Section 12.5  Network Programming Example: A Networked Game Framework
  • 12.5.1  The Netgame Framework
  • 12.5.2  A Simple Chat Room
  • 12.5.3  A Networked TicTacToe Game
  • 12.5.4  A Networked Poker Game
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Chapter 13:  GUI Programming Continued

• Section 13.1  Properties and Bindings
  • 13.1.1  Observable Values
  • 13.1.2  Bindable Properties
  • 13.1.3  Bidirectional Bindings
• Section 13.2  Fancier Graphics
  • 13.2.1  Fancier Strokes
  • 13.2.2  Fancier Paints
  • 13.2.3  Transforms
  • 13.2.4  Stacked Canvasses
  • 13.2.5  Pixel Manipulation
  • 13.2.6  Image I/O
• Section 13.3  Complex Components and MVC
  • 13.3.1  A Simple Custom Component
  • 13.3.2  The MVC Pattern
  • 13.3.3  ListView and ComboBox
  • 13.3.4  TableView
• Section 13.4  Mostly Windows and Dialogs
  • 13.4.1  Dialog Boxes
  • 13.4.2  WebView and WebEngine
  • 13.4.3  Managing Multiple Windows
• Section 13.5  Finishing Touches
  • 13.5.1  The Mandelbrot Set
  • 13.5.2  Design of the Program
  • 13.5.3  Events, Listeners, and Bindings
  • 13.5.4  A Few More GUI Details
  • 13.5.5  Internationalization
  • 13.5.6  Preferences
• Programming Exercises
• Quiz

Appendix:  Source Code for the Examples in this Book

Appendix:  Glossary

David Eck, July 2019