List of Tables, Code Examples, and Figures

Tables

The Growth of the Java Standard version API

Java directory tree

Java integer types

Floating-point types

Special characters

Operator precedence

Growth of an investment at different interest rates

UML notation for class relationships

Standard colors

System colors

Event handling summary

Sample cursor shapes

Predefined action table names

Input map conditions

The accessor methods of the ButtonModel interface

MaskFormatter symbols

Adding a Spring to an Overconstrained Component

Applet positioning attributes

showDocument arguments

jar program options

Timing data

File handler configuration parameters

Log file pattern variables

HPROF options

Debugging commands

Basic character encodings (in rt.jar)

Extended Character Encodings (in i18n.jar)

Required character encodings

Regular expression syntax

Predefined character class names

Code Examples

Welcome.java

ImageViewer.java

WelcomeApplet.html

WelcomeApplet.java

FirstSample.java

InputTest.java

Retirement.java

Retirement2.java

LotteryOdds.java

BigIntegerTest.java

LotteryDrawing.java

CompoundInterest.java

LotteryArray.java

CalendarTest.java

EmployeeTest.java

StaticTest.java

ParamTest.java

ConstructorTest.java

PackageTest.java

Employee.java

ManagerTest.java

PersonTest.java

EqualsTest.java

ArrayListTest.java

ReflectionTest.java

ObjectAnalyzerTest.java

ArrayGrowTest.java

MethodPointerTest.java

EmployeeSortTest.java

TimerTest.java

CloneTest.java

InnerClassTest.java

AnonymousInnerClassTest.java

StaticInnerClassTest.java

ProxyTest.java

SimpleFrameTest.java

CenteredFrameTest.java

NotHelloWorld.java

DrawTest.java

FillTest.java

FontTest.java

ImageTest.java

ButtonTest.java

PlafTest.java

Sketch.java

MouseTest.java

ActionTest.java

MulticastTest.java

CustomEventTest.java

Calculator.java

TextTest.java

FormatTest.java

TextAreaTest.java

TextEditTest.java

CheckBoxTest.java

RadioButtonTest.java

BorderTest.java

ComboBoxTest.java

SliderTest.java

SpinnerTest.java

MenuTest.java

ToolBarTest.java

BoxLayoutTest.java

FontDialog.java

SpringLayoutTest.java

CircleLayoutTest.java

OptionDialogTest.java

DialogTest.java

DataExchangeTest.java

FileChooserTest.java

ColorChooserTest.java

NotHelloWorldApplet.java

Calculator.html

CalculatorApplet.java

PopupCalculatorApplet.java

Chart.java

Bookmark.html

Left.html

Right.html

Bookmark.java

AppletFrame.java

CalculatorAppletapp.java

ResourceTest.java

WebStartCalculator.java

CustomWorld.java

SystemInfo.java

PreferencesTest.java

StackTraceTest.java

ExceptTest.java

ExceptionalTest.java

LoggingImageViewer.java

ConsoleWindow.java

EventTracer.java

EventTracerTest.java

RobotTest.java

WordCount.java

BuggyButtonTest.java

BuggyButtonFrame.java

BuggyButtonPanel.java

ZipTest.java

DataFileTest.java

RandomFileTest.java

ObjectFileTest.java

ObjectRefTest.java

SerialCloneTest.java

FindDirectories.java

CRC.java

NIOCRC.java

RegexTest.java

HrefMatch.java

Figures

The Jmol applet

Compiling and running Welcome.java

Starting Sun ONE Studio

The edit window of Sun ONE Studio

The output window of Sun ONE Studio

Error messages in Sun ONE Studio

Starting a new program in Sun ONE Studio

Compiling a program with Emacs

Running a program from within Emacs

Locating compilation errors in TextPad

Running a Java program from TextPad

Running the ImageViewer app

The WelcomeApplet applet as viewed by the applet viewer

Running the WelcomeApplet applet in a browser

Legal conversions between numeric types

The three panes of the API documentation

Class description for the String class

Method summary of the String class

Detailed description of a String method

An input dialog

Flowchart for the if statement

Flowchart for the if/else statement

Flowchart for the if/else if (multiple branches)

Flowchart for the while statement

Flowchart for the do/while statement

Flowchart for the for statement

Flowchart for the switch statement

Copying an array variable

Copying values between arrays

A two-dimensional array

A class diagram

Procedural vs. OO programming

Creating a new object

Object variables that refer to the same object

Returning a reference to a mutable data field

Modifying a numeric parameter has no lasting effect

Modifying an object parameter has a lasting effect

Swapping object parameters has no lasting effect

Changing the warning string in an applet window

Employee inheritance hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for Person and its subclasses

Copying and cloning

A shallow copy

An inner class object has a reference to an outer class object

The Windows look and feel of Swing

The Motif look and feel of Swing

The Metal look and feel of Swing

The simplest visible frame

Inheritance hierarchy for the JFrame and JPanel classes

A simple graphical program

The internal structure of a JFrame

2D rectangle classes

The bounding rectangle of an ellipse

Relationships between the shape classes

Rectangles and ellipses

Filled rectangles and ellipses

Typesetting terms illustrated

Drawing the baseline and string bounds

Window with tiled graphics image

Event notification

A panel filled with buttons

Switching the Look and Feel

A window listener

Inheritance diagram of the AWT event classes

Relationship between event sources and listeners

A sketch program

A mouse test program

Buttons display the icons from the Action objects

All frames listen to the Close all command

Using custom timer events to simulate rainfall

Model and view of a text field

Two separate views of the same model

A window place

Interactions between model, view, and controller objects

A panel with three buttons

A panel with six buttons managed by a flow layout

Changing the panel size rearranges the buttons automatically

Border layout

A single button managed by a border layout

A panel placed at the south end of the frame

A calculator

Text field example

The FormatTest program

A text area

Testing text editing

Check boxes

A radio button group

Testing border types

A combo box

Sliders

Several variations of the JSpinner component

A menu with a submenu

Icons in menu items

A checked menu item and menu items with radio buttons

A pop-up menu

Keyboard mnemonics

Accelerators

Disabled menu items

A tool bar

Dragging the tool bar

Dragging the tool bar to another border

Detaching the tool bar

A tool tip

Inheritance hierarchy for the Component class

Box layouts

Font dialog box

Dialog box grid used in design

A spring

Summing springs

Equally Spaced Buttons

Springs and Struts

Lining up Columns

Horizontal springs attached to a component

Circle layout

Geometric traversal order

An option dialog

The OptionDialogTest program

An About dialog box

Password dialog box

File chooser dialog box

A file dialog with a preview accessory

The "swatches" pane of a color chooser

The HSB pane of a color chooser

The RGB pane of a color chooser

Applet inheritance hierarchy

Viewing an applet in the applet viewer

Viewing an applet in a browser

A calculator applet

A pop-up window inside a browser

Applet alignment

A chart applet

A tutorialmark applet

The calculator as an app

The calculator as an applet

Displaying a resource from a JAR file

Launching Java Web Start

The Calculator delivered by Java Web Start

The Java Web Start app Manager

A Java Web Start Security Advisory

The WebStartCalculator app

The customized Hello World program

Exception hierarchy in Java

A program that generates exceptions

A log handler that displays records in a window

The console window

The EventTracer class at work

Breakpoints in the Sun ONE Studio debugger

Stopping at a Breakpoint

Input and Output stream hierarchy

Reader and Writer hierarchy

A sequence of filtered stream

The ZipTest program

Two managers can share a mutual employee

Here, Harry is saved three times

An example of object serialization

Objects saved in random order

The graphical version of the serialver program

Reading an object with fewer data fields

Reading an object with more data fields