Understanding Object-Oriented Programming Using Java

Features:

• Teaches students why the Java language works the way it does, as opposed to simply how it works
  
• Chapter on Network Programming
  
• Chapter on Java 2 - the most recent version of Java
  
• Material on pure polymorphism
  
• Appendices on Java Operators, Java Escape Characters, Java API, and Java Syntax
  

Table of contents

Part I: Understanding The Object-Oriented Worldview

Chapter 1: Object-Oriented Thinking

Chapter 2: A Brief History of Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 3: Object-Oriented Design

Part II: Understanding Paradigms

Chapter 4: A Paradigm

Chapter 5: Ball Worlds

Chapter 6: A Cannon Game

Chapter 7: Pinball Game Construction Kit

Part III: Understanding Inheritance

Chapter 8: Understanding Inheritance

Chapter 9: A Case Study: Solitaire

Chapter 10: Mechanisms for Software Reuse

Chapter 11: Implications of Inheritance

Part IV: Understanding Polymorphism

Chapter 12: Polymorphism

Chapter 13: The AWT

Chapter 14: Input and Output Streams

Chapter 15: Design Patterns

Part V: Understanding the Java World

Chapter 16: Exception Handling

Chapter 17: Utility Classes

Chapter 18: Understanding Graphics

Chapter 19: Collection Classes

Chapter 20: Multiple Threads of Execution

Chapter 21: Applets and Web Programming

Chapter 22: Network Programming

Chapter 23: Java 2

Appendices