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This introductory programming textbook integrates BlueJ with Java. It provides a thorough treatment of object-oriented principles.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface to the instructor
• List of projects discussed in detail in this book
• Acknowledgements
• Part 1 Foundations of object orientation
• Chapter 1 Objects and classes
• 1.1 Objects and classes
• 1.2 Creating objects
• 1.3 Calling methods
• 1.4 Parameters
• 1.5 Data types
• 1.6 Multiple instances
• 1.7 State
• 1.8 What is in an object?
• 1.9 Object interaction
• 1.10 Source code
• 1.11 Another example
• 1.12 Return values
• 1.13 Objects as parameters
• 1.14 Summary
• Chapter 2 Understanding class definitions
• 2.1 Ticket machines
• 2.1.1 Exploring the behavior of a naive ticket machine
• 2.2 Examining a class definition
• 2.3 Fields, constructors, and methods
• 2.3.1 Fields
• 2.3.2 Constructors
• 2.4 Passing data via parameters
• 2.5 Assignment
• 2.6 Accessor methods
• 2.7 Mutator methods
• 2.8 Printing from methods
• 2.9 Summary of the naive ticket machine
• 2.10 Reflecting on the design of the ticket machine
• 2.11 Making choices: the conditional statement
• 2.12 A further conditional-statement example
• 2.13 Local variables
• 2.14 Fields, parameters, and local variables
• 2.15 Summary of the better ticket machine
• 2.16 Self-review exercises
• 2.17 Reviewing a familiar example
• 2.18 Summary
• Chapter 3 Object interaction
• 3.1 The clock example
• 3.2 Abstraction and modularization
• 3.3 Abstraction in software
• 3.4 Modularization in the clock example
• 3.5 Implementing the clock display
• 3.6 Class diagrams versus object diagrams
• 3.7 Primitive types and object types
• 3.8 The ClockDisplay source code
• 3.8.1 Class NumberDisplay
• 3.8.2 String concatenation
• 3.8.3 The modulo operator
• 3.8.4 Class ClockDisplay
• 3.9 Objects creating objects
• 3.10 Multiple constructors
• 3.11 Method calls
• 3.11.1 Internal method calls
• 3.11.2 External method calls
• 3.11.3 Summary of the clock display
• 3.12 Another example of object interaction
• 3.12.1 The mail system example
• 3.12.2 The this keyword
• 3.13 Using a debugger
• 3.13.1 Setting breakpoints
• 3.13.2 Single stepping
• 3.13.3 Stepping into methods
• 3.14 Method calling revisited
• 3.15 Summary
• Chapter 4 Grouping objects
• 4.1 Grouping objects in flexible-size collections
• 4.2 A personal notebook
• 4.3 A first look at library classes
• 4.3.1 An example of using a library
• 4.4 Object structures with collections
• 4.5 Generic classes
• 4.6 Numbering within collections
• 4.7 Removing an item from a collection
• 4.8 Processing a whole collection
• 4.8.1 The for-each loop
• 4.8.2 The while loop
• 4.8.3 Iterating over a collection
• 4.8.4 Index access versus iterators
• 4.9 Summary of the notebook example
• 4.10 Another example: an auction system
• 4.10.1 The Lot class
• 4.10.2 The Auction class
• 4.10.3 Anonymous objects
• 4.10.4 Using collections
• 4.11 Flexible collection summary
• 4.12 Fixed-size collections
• 4.12.1 A log-file analyzer
• 4.12.2 Declaring array variables
• 4.12.3 Creating array objects
• 4.12.4 Using array objects
• 4.12.5 Analyzing the log file
• 4.12.6 The for loop
• 4.13 Summary
• Chapter 5 More sophisticated behavior
• 5.1 Documentation for library classes
• 5.2 The TechSupport system
• 5.2.1 Exploring the TechSupport system
• 5.2.2 Reading the code
• 5.3 Reading class documentation
• 5.3.1 Interfaces versus imple