Learning Java, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

1. You must know the following chapters (by now):

	1. Yet Another Language?
	      Enter Java 
	      A Virtual Machine 
	      Java Compared with Other Languages 
	      Safety of Design 
	      Safety of Implementation 
	      Application and User-Level Security 
	      Java and the Web 
	      Java as a General Application Language 
	      A Java Road Map 

	2. A First Application
	      HelloJava 
	      HelloJava2: The Sequel 
	      HelloJava3: The Button Strikes! 
	      HelloJava4: Netscape's Revenge 

	3. Tools of the Trade
	      The Java Interpreter 
	      The Classpath 
	      Policy Files 
	      The Java Compiler 
	      Java Archive (JAR) Files 

	4. The Java Language
	      Text Encoding 
	      Comments 
	      Types 
	      Statements and Expressions 
	      Exceptions 
	      Assertions 
	      Arrays 

	5. Objects in Java
	      Classes 
	      Methods 
	      Object Creation 
	      Object Destruction 

	6. Relationships Among Classes
	      Subclassing and Inheritance 
	      Interfaces 
	      Packages and Compilation Units 
	      Visibility of Variables and Methods 
	      Arrays and the Class Hierarchy 
	      Inner Classes 

2. Study Chapters for Fall 2003

	7. Working with Objects and Classes
	      The Object Class 
	      The Class Class 
	      Reflection 

	8. Threads
	      Introducing Threads 
	      Threading an Applet 
	      Synchronization 
	      Scheduling and Priority 
	      Thread Groups 
	      Thread Performance 

	10. Core Utilities
	      Math Utilities 
	      Dates 
	      Timers 
	      Collections 
	      Properties 
	      The Preferences API 
	      The Logging API 
	      Observers and Observables 

	11. Input/Output Facilities
	      Streams 
	      Files 
	      Serialization 
	      Data Compression 
	      The NIO Package 


	13. Programming for the Web
	      Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) 
	      The URL Class 
	      Handlers in Practice 

	14. Servlets and Web Applications
	      Servlets: Powerful Tools 
	      Web Applications 
	      The Servlet Life cycle 
	      Web Servlets 
	      The HelloClient Servlet 
	      The Servlet Response 
	      Servlet Parameters 
	      The ShowParameters Servlet 
	      User Session Management 
	      The ServletContext API 
	      WAR Files and Deployment 
	      Reloading WebApps 
	      Error and Index Pages 
	      Security and Authentication 
	      Servlet Filters 
	      Building WAR Files with Ant 

	15. Swing
	      Components 
	      Containers 
	      Events 
	      Event Summary 
	      The AWT Robot! 
	      Multithreading in Swing 

	16. Using Swing Components
	      Buttons and Labels 
	      Checkboxes and Radio Buttons 
	      Lists and Combo Boxes 
	      The Spinner  
	      Borders 
	      Menus 
	      The PopupMenu Class 
	      The JScrollPane Class 
	      The JSplitPane Class 
	      The JTabbedPane Class 
	      Scrollbars and Sliders 
	      Dialogs 

	17. More Swing Components
	      Text Components 
	      Focus Navigation 
	      Trees 
	      Tables 
	      Desktops 
	      Pluggable Look-and-Feel 
	      Creating Custom Components 

	18. Layout Managers
	      FlowLayout 
	      GridLayout 
	      BorderLayout 
	      BoxLayout 
	      CardLayout 
	      GridBagLayout 
	      Nonstandard Layout Managers 
	      Absolute Positioning 
	      SpringLayout 

	19. Drawing with the 2D API
	      The Big Picture 
	      The Rendering Pipeline 
	      A Quick Tour of Java 2D 
	      Filling Shapes 
	      Stroking Shape Outlines 
	      Using Fonts 
	      Displaying Images 
	      Drawing Techniques 
	      Printing 

	20. Working with Images and Other Media
	      ImageObserver 
	      MediaTracker 
	      Producing Image Data 
	      Filtering Image Data 
	      Simple Audio 
	      Java Media Framework 

	21. JavaBeans
	      What's a Bean? 
	      The NetBeans IDE 
	      Properties and Customizers 
	      Event Hookups and Adapters 
	      Binding Properties 
	      Building Beans 
	      Limitations of Visual Design 
	      Serialization Versus Code Generation 
	      Customizing with BeanInfo 
	      Hand-Coding with Beans 
	      BeanContext and BeanContextServices 
	      The Java Activation Framework 
	      Enterprise JavaBeans 

	23. XML
	      A Bit of Background 
	      XML Basics 
	      SAX 
	      DOM 
	      Validating Documents 
	      XSL/XSLT 
	      Web Services