Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java: Walls and Mirrors [Paperback]

Preface xv
Chapter Dependency Chart xviii
PART ONE Problem-Solving Techniques 1
1 Review of Java Fundamentals 3
1.1 Language Basics 4
Comments 4
Identifiers and Keywords 4
Variables 4
Primitive Data Types 5
References 6
Literal Constants 6
Named Constants 7
Assignments and Expressions 8
Arrays 11
1.2 Selection Statements 14
The if Statement 15
The switch Statement 16
1.3 Iteration Statements 17
The while Statement 17
The for Statement 18
The do Statement 21
1.4 Program Structure 21
Packages 22
Classes 23
Data Fields 24
Methods 26
How to Access Members of an Object 30
Class Inheritance 30
1.5 Useful Java Classes 32
The Object Class 32
The Array Class 34
String Classes 35
1.6 Java Exceptions 40
Catching Exceptions 40
Throwing Exceptions 47
1.7 Text Input and Output 49
Input 49
Output 51
The Console Class 54
1.8 File Input and Output 56
Text Files 58
Object Serialization 66
Summary 69 Cautions 72 Self-Test Exercises 72
Exercises 73 Programming Problems 78

2 Principles of Programming and Software Engineering 81
2.1 Problem Solving and Software Engineering 82
What Is Problem Solving? 82
The Life Cycle of Software 83
What Is a Good Solution? 93
2.2 Achieving an Object-Oriented Design 95
Abstraction and Information Hiding 96
Object-Oriented Design 98
Functional Decomposition 100
General Design Guidelines 101
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