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    COMP1406 Course Notes: Introduction To Computer Science II

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    COMP1406

    Introduction to Computer Science II

    Course Notes

    Notes maintained by Mark Lanthier (2017 version)


    Table of Contents
    1 Programming in JAVA ............................................................….............. 1
    1.1 Object-Oriented Programming and JAVA ................................……………............................. 2
    1.2 Writing Your First JAVA Program ……………………………………………….......................... 6
    1.3 Python vs. JAVA ..................................…………...…………....…......................................... 8
    1.4 Getting User Input ………………………………………......................…………........................ 11
    1.5 Formatting Text .......................................................................................................................15

    2 Creation and Storage of JAVA Objects .....….............…………………… 21


    2.1 Using Existing JAVA Objects …………………...……......…………............………................... 22
    2.2 Creating Your Own Objects in JAVA ...………...……......…………............………................... 24
    2.3 Memory Allocation and Object Storage …………...………………............……….................... 27

    3 Defining Object Behavior ..…………………….............…………………… 39


    3.1 Object Constructors (Re-Visited) …………………...………………............………................... 40
    3.2 Defining Methods ……………………………………………….................................................. 44
    3.3 Null Pointer Exceptions …………………….……………......................................…................ 52
    3.4 Overloading ….……………………………………..........................................…………............ 54
    3.5 Instance vs. Class (i.e., static) Methods .....………………………............................................ 56
    3.6 Encapsulation - Protecting An Object's Internals .....................................................................60
    3.7 Changing How Objects Look When Printed .............................................................................69
    3.8 A Bank Example ......................................................................................................................73

    4 Class Hierarchies and Inheritance ..………………………………………… 84


    4.1 Organizing Classes ………………………...………………….......................…………..……..... 85
    4.2 Inheritance ……..……………………………….........…………………………............................. 90
    4.3 Abstract Classes & Methods ……………………………………………..................................... 108
    4.4 JAVA Interfaces ...................................................................................................................... 115
    4.5 Polymorphism ......................................................................................................................... 120

    5 Graphical User Interfaces .........................................……………………... 134


    5.1 User Interfaces and Java FX Applications …………………………........................................ 135
    5.2 Components and Containers .………………………………………………............................... 140
    5.3 Grouping Components Together .……………………………………………….......................... 146
    5.4 Event Handling .………………………………………………...................................................... 153

    6 Proper Coding Style Using MVC …..……........................………………… 168


    6.1 Separating Model, View and Controller Components …………………………………………....169
    6.2 Preparing Your Model Classes for the GUI ..............…………………………………….............170
    6.3 Developing a Proper View .................…………………………………………………………...... 174
    6.4 Developing a Proper Controller ...............................................................................................179

    7 User Interface Extensions ……………………………….…………………....186


    7.1 Automatic Resizing Using Layouts …….............………........................................................ 187
    7.2 Adding Menus …...…………………………………................................................................... 207
    7.3 Standard Dialog Boxes ……………………..............…………………………………………...... 215
    7.4 Making Your Own Dialog Boxes ………………................……………………………………..... 233

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    8 Abstract Data Types …...…………………………..………………….............250
    8.1 Common Abstract Data Types ..………........…………………………………………………...... 251
    8.2 The List ADT ………………………………….....……….…………………………....................... 253
    8.3 The Queue ADT .…………………………………………………………………........................... 274
    8.4 The Deque ADT ……...................…………………………………………………….................... 281
    8.5 The Stack ADT ……...................……………………………………………………..................... 283
    8.6 The Set ADT ……...................……………………………………………………........................ 289
    8.7 The Dictionary / Map ADT ……...................…………………………………………………….... 297
    8.8 Collections Class Tools ……...................…………………………………………………….........308
    8.9 Implementing an ADT (Doubly-Linked Lists) .…………………………………………………... 311

    9 Recursion With Data Structures ………………………..…………………….320


    9.1 Recursive Efficiency …..…………………………………………….....……................................ 321
    9.2 Examples With Self-Referencing Data Structures ……………………………………………... 323
    9.3 A Maze Searching Example ………………………………………………....…........................... 343

    10 Exception Handling ………………………..…………..…………............… 351


    10.1 Simple Debugging ……………………………………………................................................... 352
    10.2 Exceptions ………………………………………………....….................................................... 354
    10.3 Examples of Handling Exceptions …..…………………………………………….....……......... 364
    10.4 Creating and Throwing Your Own Exceptions …..…………………………………………...... 371

    11 Saving and Loading Information ………………………..…………………. 379


    11.1 Introduction to Files and Streams ……………………………………………............................ 380
    11.2 Reading and Writing Binary Data ……………………………....….......................................... 382
    11.3 Reading and Writing Text Data …..…………………………………………….....…….............. 388
    11.4 Reading and Writing Whole Objects …..…………………………………………….................. 391
    11.5 Saving and Loading Example …..……………………………………………............................ 395
    11.6 The File Class …..…………………………………………….................................................... 402

    12 Network Programming ……...…………………..……………………….........406


    12.1 Networking Basics ……………………………………………................................................... 407
    12.2 Reading Files From the Internet (URLs) ..…...........................................................................411
    12.3 Client/Server Communications …..………………………………………...................................415
    12.4 Datagram Sockets …..……………………………………………...............................................422

    13 Other Interesting JAVA Classes ……………………........…..……………...427


    13.1 The String Class ……………………………....….................................................................... 428
    13.2 The StringBuilder & Character Classes …..……………………………………….................... 434
    13.3 The Date and Calendar Classes …..……………………………………………....................... 437

    14 Graphics …………………….......................…..……………………….......... 444


    14.1 Doing Simple Graphics .........…………………………………...................................................445
    14.2 Displaying Images and Manipulating Pixels ......................................................................... 451
    14.3 Graph Editor Example ......………………………………………….............................................454
    14.4 Adding Features to the Graph Editor ......................................................................................475

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