Developing Professional Java Applets

K. C. Hopson, Sams Publishing

ISBN:1575210835, Edition: , 1996-06-01

Price: $49.99

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1  The Java Development Environment

• Tough Problems in Search of One Solution
  • Why Java Is a Comprehensive Solution
  • Why Object-Oriented Is Important
  • Java as an Object-Oriented Language
  • Java as a Portable Environment
  • Java as High Performance
  • Java in the World of Distributed Computing
  • Java as a Secure Environment
• General Features of the Java Programming Language
  • Data Types
  • Literals
  • Variables
  • Comments
  • Operators
  • Keywords and Conditionals
  • Loops
  • Arrays
• Applets and Standalone Applications
  • Creating an Applet
  • Creating a Standalone Application
• Applets Versus Standalone Applications
• Summary

Chapter 2  Object-Oriented Development in Java

• Introduction to Java Classes and Objects
  • Basic Structure of a Class
  • Creating an Object Instance
  • Using Methods
  • Overloading Methods
  • Constructors
• Inheritance in Java
  • Subclassing
  • Method Overriding
  • Calling Superclass Methods
  • Calling Superclass Constructors
• Important Core Classes
  • The Object Base Class
  • String Classes
  • Type Wrappers
• More about Classes
  • Access Modifiers
  • Class Methods and Class Variables
  • The final Modifier
  • The null Keyword and More about Garbage Collection
  • Scoping Rules
  • Casting Rules
  • Other Keywords
• Introduction to Exception Handling
  • Structure of an Exception Handler
  • When to Catch Exceptions
  • Exception Handlers and Exception Classes
  • Nested Exceptions
• Organizing Projects in Java
  • Abstract Methods
  • Interfaces
  • Packages
• The Java Developer's Kit
• Summary

Chapter 3  Building a Spreadsheet Applet

• Overview of AWT: Part 1
  • AWT Classes
  • Components and Containers
  • Layouts
  • Event Handling
• Exception Classes
  • The Throwable Class
  • Exception Class Hierarchy
  • Exception Handlers and Throwable Classes
  • Writing Custom Exception Handlers
  • Class Organization
  • The Cell Class
  • The Cell Container Class
  • The FormulaParserClass
  • The FormulaParserException Class
  • The ArgValue Class
  • The SpreadsheetCell Class
  • The SpreadsheetContainer Class
  • The SpreadsheetFrame Class
  • The SpreadsheetApplet class
• Summary

Chapter 4  Enhancing the Spreadsheet Applet

• Overview of AWT: Part 2
  • Windows and Frames
  • Menus
  • Dialogs
  • Colors
  • Fonts
  • The Toolkit Class
• I/O and Streams
  • Structure of the java.io Package
• I/O and Security
  • I/O Exceptions
  • InputStream Classes
  • OutputStream Classes
  • FilterOutputStream Classes and FileOutputStream
  • Other Output Classes
  • Other I/O Classes
• Tutorial
  • Class Organization
  • Adding the Color Dialog
  • Font Dialog Box
  • The FileDialog Class
  • Saving a Spreadsheet File
  • Opening a Spreadsheet File
• Summary

Chapter 5  Adding Graphs and Scrollbars to the Spreadsheet

• Tutorial
  • Class Organization
• Adding Scrollbars
  • Adding the Scrollbar Class
  • Handling Scrollbar Events
  • Inside the SpreadsheetContainer Paint Methods
• Marking Cells
• Drawing Graphs
• Summary

Chapter 6  Building a Catalog Applet

• Basics of the Applet Class
• Applets and HTML
• Applets and Images
• Applets and Audio
• Under the Applet Hood
• Creating and Reading a URL
• Chapter Project
  • Class Organization
  • Catalog HTML
  • The Catalog Class
  • The CatalogButton Class
  • The SelectionCanvas Class
  • The MediaLoader Class
  • The MediaLoaderException Class
• Summary

Chapter 7  Java and Images

• Displaying Images
  • Loading Java Images
  • Image Display
  • Image Observers
• Tracking Image Loading
• The Consumer/Producer Model
• Java Color Models
  • Default RGB
  • Direct Color
  • Index Color
• Chapter Project: Displaying a Windows BMP Image
  • Using Image Types Not Supported by Java
  • Memory Images
  • Loading Foreign Images
  • BMP File Format
  • Reading Unsigned Binary in Java
  • Creating the Color Table
  • Constructing the Image
• Summary

Chapter 8  Adding Threads to Applets

• What Is a Thread?
• Creating a Thread with the Thread Class
  • Enhancing Your First Multithreaded Applet
• The Runnable Interface
• Synchronization
  • A TestStack Class That Is Not Thread-Safe
  • Introducing the Synchronized Modifier
  • Notify and Wait
• More About Threads
• ThreadGroups
  • ThreadDeath
• Talking Threads: Pipes and Threads
• Chapter Project
  • Class Organization
  • Catalog HTML and Preload File
• The MediaLoaderThread and MediaObserver Classes
  • The MediaLoader Class
  • The MediaSweeper Class
  • The Queue Class
  • The BMPImage Class
  • The Catalog Class
  • The CatalogButton Class
  • The SelectionCanvas Class
• Summary

Chapter 9  Java Socket Programming

• An Introduction to Sockets
  • Socket Transmission Modes
  • Java Connection-Oriented Classes
  • Iterative and Concurrent Servers
  • Java Datagram Classes
  • Applet Security and Sockets
• Chapter Project: HTTP Server Application and Client Applet
  • Chapter Project: HTTP Server Application and Client Applet
  • Basic Web Server
  • Client Datagram Applet
  • Client Applet
• Summary

Chapter 10  Native Methods and Java

• Deciding to Use Native Methods
• Native Methods from the Java Side
• Writing Native Methods
  • Using Javah
  • Java Arrays
  • The Stubs Code
• Chapter Project: A Database Interface Library Using ODBC
  • Calling Back Into Java
  • Constructing Java Objects from C
  • Creating the Library
• Database Server
• Adding Packet Assembly to DGTP
  • The Election Server
• Election Client
• Summary

Chapter 11  Building a Live Data Applet

• Observers and the Model-View Paradigm
• Chapter Project
  • General Architecture of the Project
  • Changes to the Server
  • Applet Client
• Summary

Chapter 12  Handling Dynamic Content

• Introducing the HotJava Browser
  • Dynamic Content
  • Security Model
  • Alpha3 Distribution Differences
• Altering the HotJava Source
  • Buffered Streams Primer
  • Making the Changes
  • Compiling Under HotJava
• Toward a More Perfect Server
  • Adding a Configuration File
  • Adding Standard Logging
  • Building Log Information
  • Altering the Send Routines
• Creating New Content Types
  • Writing Content Handlers
• Summary

Chapter 13  Animation and Image Filters

• Simple Animation Using Images
• Image Producers
  • Image Consumers
• Filtering an Image
  • FilteredImageSource
  • Writing a Filter
  • Static Image Filter: Rotation
  • Double Buffering
  • Dynamic Image Filter: FXFilter
• Corporate Presentation Applet
  • How the PresentImage Applet Works
• Summary

Chapter 14  Advanced Image Processing

• Chapter Project
• Class Organization
• How It Works
• Fractals and the Mandelbrot Set
• Using the Applets
• The Mandelbrot Class
• CalculateFilterNotify Interface
• CalculatorProducer Interface
• The CalculatorFilter Class
• The CalculatorImage Class
• The MandelApp Class
• The MandelZoomApp Class
• The BmpImage Class
  • Automatic Documentation with javadoc
• Summary

Appendix A  Inside the Java Virtual Machine

• The Class File
  • Layout
• The Virtual Machine
  • Registers
  • Operand Stack
• Primitive Types
• Local Variables
  • The Verifier
  • Exception Handling
  • Bytecodes
  • Test Class Bytecodes
• Garbage Collection

Appendix B  Language Grammar

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