Web Programming With Visual J++

Mike Cohn, Sams

ISBN:1575211742, Edition: , 1997-02

Price: $39.99

Web Programming
      with
Visual J++™

by Mike Cohn, Jay Rutten, and James Jory

Introduction

• Who Should Buy This Book?
• What's in This Book?

Chapter 1  Web Programming and Visual J++

• Why Web Programming?
  • Passive and Static Content
  • Dependence on Browser Capabilities
• Why Java?
  • Active and Dynamic Content
  • Browser, Hardware, and Operating System Independence
  • Java Is a General Purpose Language
  • Key Features of Java
• Why Visual J++?
  • The Developer Studio
  • The Applet Wizard
  • The JView Stand-Alone Interpreter
  • Editing Resources
  • The Debugger
• Summary

Chapter 2  Creating Your First Applet with Applet Wizard

• Saying "Hello, World" Visual J++ Style
  • Create a New Project Workspace
  • Start the Applet Wizard
  • Set the Applet Wizard Options
  • Generate the Skeleton Project
  • Set Project Settings
  • Add the Hello World Message
  • Build and Execute the Applet
• Examining the Source Code
  • The Applet Class
  • The Frame Class
  • The Host HTML File
• Seeing What the Wizard Can Do
• Summary

Chapter 3  Using the Developer Studio

• What Is the Developer Studio?
• Understanding Workspaces
• Working with FileView
  • Using Dockable Windows
• Working with ClassView
  • Adding Variables, Methods, and Classes
• Working with InfoView
  • Opening Books
  • Searching
• Working with Projects
  • Configuring Projects
  • Working with Subprojects
  • Setting the Default Project
  • Removing a Project
• Summary

Chapter 4  Applet Programming Fundamentals

• The Applet Class
  • The Life and Death of an Applet
• Event Handling
  • The Component Class
  • The Event Class
  • Handling Any Event
  • Event Handling for the Mouse
  • Keyboard Event Handling
• Using Applet Parameters
  • Embedding Parameters in HTML
  • Reading Applet Parameters
• Working with URLs and Graphics
  • Accessing a URL
  • An Example of Displaying an Image
• Summary

Chapter 5  Java's User Interface Components

• Elements of an Applet's Interface
  • Everything Is a Component
  • Buttons
  • Text Fields and Areas
  • Labels
  • Checkboxes and Checkbox Groups
  • Lists and Choices
  • Scrollbars
• Laying Out Controls
  • Layout Managers and the Resource Wizard
  • FlowLayout
  • BorderLayout
  • CardLayout
  • GridLayout
  • GridBagLayout
• Summary

Chapter 6  Working with Frames, Dialogs, and Menus

• Containers
  • The Panel Class
  • The Window Class
  • Frames
  • Dialogs
  • FileDialog
• Menus
  • The MenuBar Class
  • The Menu Class
  • The MenuItem Class
  • An Example of Adding a Menu to a Frame
• Summary

Chapter 7  Saving Time with the Resource Wizard

• The Easy Way
  • Overview of the Resource Wizard
• Using the Resource Wizard to Create Containers
  • The Control Creator Class
  • The DialogLayout Class
  • One-Way Code Generation
  • A Step-by-Step Example
  • Using Control Creator Classes on Dialogs
• Using the Resource Wizard to Create Menus
  • A Step-by-Step Menu Example
• Summary

Chapter 8  Debugging with the Visual J++ Debugger

• Controlling the Execution
  • Successful Build
  • Breakpoints
  • Where Do You Go from Here?
• What Do You See?
  • Variables
• Exceptions
• Threads
• Summary

Chapter 9  Documenting Your Visual J++ Code

• Overview
  • Running JavaDoc
• Adding JavaDoc Comments
  • Documenting Classes
  • Documenting Methods
• Enhancing Your Documentation with HTML
• An Example
• Summary

Chapter 10  Working with Java Strings

• The String Class
  • Constructing New Strings
  • Basic String Methods
  • Converting Variables to Strings
  • Using Only Part of a String
  • Comparing Strings
  • Searching Strings
• The StringBuffer Class
  • Useful StringBuffer Methods
  • Appending
  • Inserting
• Summary

Chapter 11  The Java Utility Classes

• The BitSet Class
  • An Example
• The Date Class
• The Hashtable Class
• The Properties Class
• The Random Class
• Observers and Observables
  • The Observable Class
  • The Observer Interface
  • An Example
• The Vector Class
• The Stack Class
• The StringTokenizer Class
• Summary

Chapter 12  Moving Up to Multithreading

• Threads
  • Runnable and Threads
  • Synchronization
  • Wait and Notify
• ThreadGroups
  • Using ThreadGroups
  • Priority
  • ThreadGroups Example
• Summary

Chapter 13  Using Java Streams

• What Is a Stream?
• Abstract Stream Classes-InputStream and OutputStream
  • InputStream
  • OutputStream
• Byte Array and String Streams
  • ByteArrayInputStream
  • ByteArrayOutputStream
  • StringBufferInputStream
• File Streams
  • FileInputStream
  • FileOutputStream
• Filter Streams
  • FilterInputStream
  • BufferedInputStream
  • DataInputStream
  • LineNumberInputStream
  • PushbackInputStream
  • FilterOutputStream
  • BufferedOutputStream
  • DataOutputStream
  • PrintStream
• Pipe Streams
  • PipedInputStream
  • PipedOutputStream
• Summary

Chapter 14  Incorporating Graphics

• Drawing Filled and Outlined Shapes
  • Lines
  • Rectangles
  • Arcs
  • Ovals
  • Polygons
• Images
  • Filtering Images
  • Writing Your Own Image Filter
  • The ImageObserver Interface
• Summary

Chapter 15  Multimedia Programming with Java

• Animation
  • Using the MediaTracker Class to Load Multiple Images
  • Basic Animation
  • Image Manipulation
• Sounds
• Summary

Chapter 16  Sprucing Things Up with Colors and Fonts

• The Base Applet
• Setting the Color
  • The Color Class
  • Set Color Dialog
  • Communicating with the Set Color Dialog
  • Using the Set Color Dialog
• Setting the Font
  • The Font and FontMetrics Classes
  • Set Font Dialog
  • Communicating with the Set Font Dialog
  • Using the Set Font Dialog
• Summary

Chapter 17  Accessing URLs

• What Is a URL?
• The URL Classes
  • URL Class
  • URLStreamHandler Class
  • URLConnection Class
  • URLStreamHandlerFactory Interface
• Extending the URL classes-SMTP Client Application
• Interfacing with CGI Scripts and ISAPI Extensions
  • URLEncoder Class
• Content Handlers
  • ContentHandler Class
  • ContentHandlerFactory Interface
• Summary

Chapter 18  Networking with Datagrams and Sockets

• TCP/IP Basics
• The InetAddress Class
• The DatagramPacket Class
• The DatagramSocket Class
• A Datagram Example: A Live U.S. National Debt Applet
• The Socket Class
• A Socket Example: A POP Client Application
• Summary

Chapter 19  Client/Server Programming

• The Client/Server Model
• Java's Contribution
• ServerSocket Class
• Client/Server Example: Internet Dictionary
• The Future of Java Client/Server Development
• Summary

Chapter 20  Keeping Out the Riff-Raff: Java Security

• The Security Policy-Setting Limits
• The Java Language
• The Code Verifier
• The ClassLoader
• The SecurityManager
• Applets Versus Applications
• Summary

Chapter 21  Using ActiveX Controls with Java

• Creating the Java Interface Class
  • Registering an ActiveX Type Library
  • Creating the Java Interface Classes
• Using a COM Object
  • Passing COM Object References
  • Event Processing
  • Nonvisual COM Objects
• Creating a COM Object with Java
  • Generating a Universally Unique Global Identification (UUID)
  • Defining an Object
  • Creating a Type Library
  • Registering the Component
  • Creating the Java Interface
  • Implementing the Java Class
  • Using the Java Component
• Creating a Signed CAB File
  • CAB Files
  • Signing a CAB File
• Summary

Chapter 22  Using the Data Access Objects

• Overview of the Data Access Objects
  • Generating the Class Files
• Using _DBEngine Objects
  • Useful Methods
• Using Database Objects
  • Controlling Transactions
  • OpenRecordset
  • Close
• Using Field Objects
• Using Recordset Objects
  • Reading Records Sequentially
  • Updating Records
  • Deleting Records
  • Adding New Records
  • Finding Records
• Using SQL
• Summary

Chapter 23  Software Cost Estimator

• The Project Overview
  • The CostEstimator Applet
• Storing Cost Drivers and Ratings
• Programming the User Interface
  • Creating the Imagemap
  • Selecting Project Attributes
  • The Results Panel
  • Creating the Button Panel
• The CostEstimator Buttons
  • Resetting Default Values
  • Estimating the Project Schedule
  • Summarizing Project Attributes
• Summary

Chapter 24  Development Request Online

• Project Overview
  • DevRequest Applet
• Access to the Data
  • Request
  • Operator
  • Department
• User Interface
  • Common Classes
• Summary

Appendix A  A Whirlwind Tour of the Java Language

• The Structure of a Java File
• Comments
• Java Keywords
• Primitive Types
  • Integer Types
  • Floating-Point Types
  • Other Primitive Types
  • Default Values
  • Casting Between Primitive Types
• Literals
  • Integer Literals
  • Floating-Point Literals
  • Boolean Literals
  • Character Literals
  • String Literals
• Arrays
  • Allocation
  • Initialization
  • Array Access
• Operators
  • Operators on Integers
  • Operators on Floating-Point Values
  • Operators on Boolean Values
• Controlling Your Program
  • Selection
  • Iteration
  • Jumping
• Java Classes
  • Field Declarations
• Class Inheritance
  • Overriding Member Methods
  • The super Variable
  • Class Modifiers
  • Implementing Interfaces
• Exception Handling
  • Trying and Catching
  • Using a finally Block
• Summary

Appendix B  Pointers and Memory Management

• Summary

Credits