Java How to Program

For courses in Java programming Unparalleled breadth and depth of object-oriented programming conceptsThe Deitels’ groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of programming fundamentals, object-oriented programming concepts and intermediate-level topics for further study. Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition, presents leading-edge computing technologies using the Deitel signature live-code approach, which demonstrates concepts in hundreds of complete working programs. The 11th Edition presents updated coverage of Java SE 8 and new Java SE 9 capabilities, including JShell, the Java Module System, and other key Java 9 topics. [Java How to Program, Late Objects, 11th Edition also is available.] MyLab™ Programming not included.

Students, if MyLab is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MyLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

Instructors, contact your Pearson rep for more information. MyLab Programming is an online learning system designed to engage students and improve results. MyLab Programming consists of a set of programming exercises correlated to the programming concepts in this book. Through hundreds of practice problems, the system automatically detects errors in the logic and syntax of their code submissions and offers targeted hints that enable students to figure out what went wrong—and why.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Java

2 Introduction to Java Applications; Input/Output and Operators

3 Introduction to Classes, Objects, Methods and Strings

4 Control Statements: Part 1; Assignment, + +and — Operators

5 Control Statements: Part 2; Logical Operators

6 Methods: A Deeper Look

7 Arrays and Arraylists

8 Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look

9 Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance

10 Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism and Interfaces

11 Exception Handling: A Deeper Look

12 JavaFX Graphical User Interfaces: Part 1

13 JavaFX GUI: Part 2

14 Strings, Characters and Regular Expressions

15 Files, Input/Output Streams, NIO and XML Serialization

16 Generic Collections

17 Lambdas and Streams

18 Recursion

19 Searching, Sorting and Big O

20 Generic Classes and Methods: A Deeper Look

21 Custom Generic Data Structures

22 JavaFX Graphics and Multimedia

23Concurrency

24 Accessing Databases with JDBC

25 Introduction to JShell: Java 9’s REPL

Chapters on the Web

A Operator Precedence Chart

B ASCII Character Set

C Keywords and Reserved Words

D Primitive Types

E Using the Debugger

E.1 Introduction

E.2 Breakpoints and the run, stop, cont and print Commands

E.3 The print and set Commands

E.4 Controlling Execution Using the step, step up and next Commands

E.5 The watch Command

E.6 The clear Command

E.7 Wrap-Up

Appendices on the Web

About the author

Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is an MIT graduate with 41 years of experience in computing. Paul is one of the world’s most experienced programming-languages trainers, having taught professional courses to software developers since 1992.